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.