Takayama to 1
Miminashi yama to
ahishi toki
tachite mi ni koshi
Inami kuni hara. 5
In the dai … meshishi is the participial past form of mesu. Care must be taken to distinguish between this shi and such a terminational shi as narurashi (6), koshi (4).
1 Read Kaguyama ha Unebi wo yeshi to (te) Miminashi to ahi arisohi.
4 Observe the past form in ki.
6 narurashi = naramu, nearly.
7 inishi-he = passed away period, i.e. ancient.