to ni mukahikeri
imo ga ko-makura. 5
vv. 1-11 are introductory to imo; 12-16 declare impossibility of escaping the fate of all mankind; 17-20 refer to the funeral of the imo; 21-24 to her burial; 25-32 to the father’s endeavour to comfort the child; 33-42 to the desolation of his home; 43 to end to the ascent of the hill of interment in the vain hope of seeing her spirit.
2 omohishi, here, as often, is little more than narishi.
22 i-mashite, i is here merely a prefix.
30 shi is an emphatic particle.
31 zhi = nasu (so in 21).
34 A past of neru.
42 A common phrase = shikata ga nai.
52 = yoki, koto naki.