Maki X, Naka

127

Ame tsuchi no 1

hazhime no toki yo

ama no kaha

i-mukahi worite

hito tose ni 5

futa tabi ahanu

tsuma-kohi ni

mono omofu hito

Ama no kaha

Yasu no kahara no 10

ari-gayofu

toshi no watari ni

ohobune no

tomo ni mo he ni mo

funa-yosohi 15

ma kaji shizhi nuki

hatasusuki

[ura]ba mo soyo ni

aki-kaze no

fukitaru yohi ni 20

Ama no kaha

shiranami shinugi

ochi-tagitsu

hayase watarite

wakakusano 25

tsuma wo makamu to

ohobuneno

omohi tanomite

kogi kuramu

sono tsuma no ko ga 30

aratamano

toshi no wo nagaku

omohi-koshi

kohi tsukusuramu

fumi tsuki no 35

nanuka no yohi ha

are mo kanashi mo!

4 i-mukahi, i is a prefix: see grammar.

32 toshi no wo, thread (line, course) of years.

35 fumi = [ho wo] fufumi, full of [rice-]ears, an old name of the seventh month, ending about the middle of August.

For wakakusano, ohobuneno, aratamano see List m. k.

128

Ame tsuchi to 1

wakareshi toki yo

hisakatano

amatsu shirushi to

sadameteshi 5

ama no kahara ni

aratamano

tsuki wo kasanete

imo ni afu

toki samorafu to 10

tachi-matsu ni

aga koromo-de ni

aki-kaze no

fukishi kahereba

tachite wiru 15

tadoki wo shirani

murakimono

kokoro i[sa] yo[hi]

tokikinuno

omohi midarete 20

itsushika to

aga matsu ko-yohi

kono kaha no

yuku-se mo nagaku,

ari[kose] nu ka mo! 25

10 sôrô (mod. Jap.).

14 blow and blow.

25 ari koso ne[gafu] ka mo.

For hisakatano, aratamano, murakimono, tokikinuno see List m. k.