kusamakura

tabi-yadorisesu

inishihe ’mohoshite. 25

1, 2, 3 are introductory to hi no miko.

12 Supply yukuni after wo.

14 shimoto, brushwood, bushes.

14, 22 oshinabe = oshinabikasu, push-bend-down. shinu = shinaheru, intensifies the meaning; shinu, shinubu, shinaheru, shinahi, shinadaru are all etymologically and logically connected.

19 mi = utsukushii.

21 A tall full-spiked grass, probably an Arundo or Miscanthus.

22 shita ni oshi-fuse-nabikasu sama, shinu connected with shinahe, shinubu.