On jewels .
海の底沈く白玉風吹きて海は荒るとも取らずはやまじ
wata nö sökö
On the sea bed
The poet, probably from Kyūshū as that is where the mountain is located, is punning here, as yupu the name of the mountain is homophonous with the verb yupu ‘bind/tie’.
娘子らが放りの髮を由布の山雲なたなびき家のあたり見む
wotömera ga
Maidens withMount Yū
あさりする海人娘子らが袖通り濡れにし衣干せど乾かず
asari suru
Hunting fish,
鳥じもの海に浮き居て沖つ波騷くを聞けばあまた悲しも
törizi monö
Like a bird
夏麻引く海上潟の沖つ洲に鳥はすだけど君は音もせず
natusobiku By summer hemp stretched
Composed upon a journey.
今日もかも沖つ玉藻は白波の八重をるが上に亂れてあるらむ
kepu mo ka mo
Today again
吉野川巖と栢と常磐なす我れは通はむ萬代までに
yosino kapa
Oh, River Yoshino,
Composed at Yoshino.
皆人の戀ふるみ吉野今日見ればうべも戀ひけり山川淸み
mina pitö nö
All men
Composed upon moss.
み吉野の靑根が嶽の蘿むしろ誰れか織りけむ經緯なしに
miyosino nö
In Yoshino
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