MYS VI: 927

Envoy:

あしひきの山にも野にも御狩人さつ矢手挾み騷きてあり見ゆ

asipiki nö
yama ni mo no ni mo
mikaribitö
satuya tabasami
sawakiteari miyu
Among leg-straining
Mountains and the fields, too,
His Majesty’s huntsmen,
Game-bows in hand,
Noisily advance-what a sight!

The ordering of the above poems is not known precisely. For the sake of convenience, they are presented in the order here.

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