shima mi suru

u ni shi mo are ya

ihe ’mohazaramu! 5

2 imo ga mekarete = me hanuru, the eye (features, i.e. person) being separated from me.

4 akazu probably should be makazu.

5 kaniha = kaba, birch.

7 nuki, place oars in position, on thole or between rowlocks.

11 Inamitsuma, of tsuma, the meaning is uncertain, perhaps tract or neighbourhood; tsuma, border.

19 tamuru, a weak form of tamotohoru.

22 cape after cape: see K. 80. 345, shima no sakizaki.