yorite tsukafuru
kami no mi-yo ka mo.
Yama kaha mo 1
yorite tsukafuru
kamu nagara
tagitsu Kafuchi ni
funade sesu ka mo! 5
3 kamu = kami.
4 kamu sabi sesu, sabi is viewed in the Kogi as contraction of shika-buri. More likely sabi is connected with sabu (shiki) and samushi.
8 takashiri …, to exercise high rule.