torite kinubeki
wotoko to so ’mofu. 5
3 tsuyu shimo ni, by the rime and dew (which cause the ruddy leafage of autumn). But see Glossary. Other explanations are possible, but the above seems most suitable.
3 koto agesezu = ihitatsuru koto naku.
For shirakumono, yamabikoni, fuyukomori, tobutorino, yamatadzuno (not rendered in the translation) see List m. k.
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Sumera mikoto no setsudoshi no mahetsukimitachi ni ohomiki tamaheru ohomi-uta hitotsu.
Wosukuni no 1
toho no mikado ni
imashira shi