Maki IV, Shimo

Sakanohe no Iratsume ga Tomi no todokoro yori ihe ni todomareru musume no Oho Iratsume ni okureru uta hitotsu mata mizhika uta.

Toko-yo ni to 1

aga yukanaku ni

wo-kanato ni

mono kanashirani

omoherishi 5

aga ko no tozhi wo

nubatamano

yoru hiru to ihazu

omofu nishi

aga mi ha yasenu 10

nageku nishi

sode sahe nurenu

kaku bakari

motona shi kohiba

furu sato ni 15

kono tsuki-goro mo

ari katemashi wo.

Asakamino 1

omohi midarete

kaku bakari

nane ga kofure so

ime ni miyekeru. 5

1 though ’tis not as though I went to the Eternal Land, yet on parting with thee at the door overcome with grief was I, &c.

14 as ’tis of no avail to love thee.

17 ari katemashi wo = ari-katai koto kana!

4 nane = nanzhi ane, a term of endearment and respect.

5 Read kofureba so nane ga &c.

For nubatamano, asakamino see List m. k.