Maki XX, Shimo
263
Yagara wo satosu uta.
Hisakatano 1
ama no to hiraki;
Takachiho no
take ni amorishi
Sumerogi no 5
kami no mi yo yori
hazhi-yumi wo
tanigiri motashi
makagoya wo
tabasami sohete 10
Ohokume no
masuratake-wo wo
saki ni tate
yuki tori-ohose
yama kaha wo 15
iha-ne sakumite
fumi tohori
kuni-magi shitsutsu
chihayaburu
kami wo kotomuke 20
matsurohanu
hito wo mo yahashi
haki-kiyome
tsukahematsurite
Akitsushima 25
Yamato no kuni no
Kashibara no
Unebi no miya ni
miya-bashira
futoshiritatete 30
ame no shita
shirashimeshikeru
Sumerogi no
ama no hitsugi to
tsugite kuru 35
kimi no miyo miyo
kakusahanu
akaki kokoro wo
sumera he ni
kihame tsukushite 40
tsukahekuru
oya no tsukasa to
kotodatete
sadzuke-tamaheru
umi no ko no 45
iya tsugitsugi ni
miru hito no
katari tsugitete
kiku hito no
kagami ni semu wo 50
atarashiki
kiyoki sono na so
ohoroka ni
kokoro omohite
muna koto no 55
oya no na tatsuna
Ohotomo no
uji to na ni oheru
masurawo no tomo.
8 ta-nigiri, ta is emphatic.
18 kuni-magi appears to mean, opening the country.
20 kotomuke.
22 yahashi, quell.
39 he = kata.
45 umi no ko, progeny, descendants.
48 Note the rare form tsugitete (tsugitsutsu).
53 Seems to = ohohoshiku, with omofu, treat lightly.
55 muna koto = munashiki kotoba.
56 oya no na wo tatsuna = expose not the family name.
For hisakatano, chihayaburu, Akitsushima see List m. k.
264
Mi tose to ifu toshi mutsuki no tsukitachi no hi Inaba no kuni no matsurigoto-tono nite tsukasa hitora wo ahesuru no utage no uta hitotsu ohari no mizhika uta.
Aratashiki 1
toshi no hazhime no
hatsu haru no
kefu furu yuki no
iya shige yogoto. 5