26 futatsu refers to shishi ya. tabasami is to take in the hand.

27 hanachikemu, to let fly.

28 hito is error for ware.

23-26 seem to be a preface to hanachikemu.

For ohobuneno, fukamiruno, nahanorino, nakukonasu, adzusayumi see List m. k. Of course the above explanations are more or less conjectural. The lay is a poor affair enough, but the text is interesting on account of its complications.

174

Sado-hito no 1

are ni tsuguraku

na ga kofuru

utsukushi tsuma ha