hito shi kuyashi mo
kofuraku ’moheba!
1-6 express the situation of the lover; 12-18 describe the sea-weeds on the names of which the thought of the lay is made to turn.
17 is m. k. of hikaba, which refers to the breaking of the connexion.
20 yuki is connected with tsudohi, assemble = yukite tsudohite.
21 is m. k. of 22.
21-26 is a prefatial m. k. of hanachikemu.
22 yuki I take to be quiver, but having as homophon (yuki, go, prefix to tori saguri, search, look for) the epithet nakuko nasu—the idea being that of a child crying because it cannot find some treasure it has lost.
23 is m. k. of yu[hara] = yumi no suwe.
25 shishiki ya is taken as = shishi-ya, game-arrow, hunter’s arrow.