What makes yóur eyes sparkle ?!

Priceless treasures
- my friend you say - you desire
a cup of muddy white sakè
- I say - makes
mý eyes sparkle !!


[白狐]

Waka by ÅŒtomo-no Tabito:

ataï-naki
takara to iu tomo
hito-tsuki no
nigoreru sakè ni
ani masa-me ya mo.


NOTES:

"price-less / treasure(s) (quote) saying friend /
by(< ni) a-cup's / muddied-being sakè /
wow!! acute-eye(s) I-say in-response."

nigori sakè = unfiltered milk-like sakè >
nigoru = be unclear, be muddy >
usually "nigori" is translated into "cloudy"
because of the whiteness of the clouds
making the blue sky unclear,
but literally it's "muddiness > muddy"
and its whiteness goes without saying.

hito- = one, but also: a/an > hitotsu = one single !! [> see below.]
豈 ani = interjection: expression of surprise ("wow!!")
masa - me = " exact/precise - eye" >
益 eki/yaku/masu = benefit; gain; profit; advantage.

ADDENDUM:

Manyoushuu 03-0345:
價無/ 寳と言とも/ 一坏の/ 濁れる酒に/ 豈益目やも

I changed the kanji of tomo, yamo, to, no and ni into hiragana,
because the meaning of the kanji in those 5 cases don't make sense:

十方 > tomo > jippou/ shí fâng = the 10 directions: north, south, east, west,
northeast, southeast, southwest, northwest, above and below.
八方 > yamo > happou/ bâ fâng = the 8 points of the compass; all directions.
跡 (a-)to = trace, remains > jî
乃 no = possessive particle > năi = be, indeed be; you, your;
so, therefore; only then/when.
å°“ ni = you (singular/plural); that. > nÄ­ = you (singular/plural); one; anyone.

Text in Japanese from: www.geocities.jp/hgonzaemon/manyoushuu.txt

REST OF NOTES:

MYS III: 345 [I cleaned it up a bit, the "p"-s >]
ata(h)i-naki
takara to ifu(=iu) to mo (< tomo ??)
hito-tsuki no } saka-zuki
nigoreru sake ni } . . . . > sakè cup
ani masame ya mo (ya < iya < iu ??)
http://www.temcauley.staff.shef.ac.uk/waka0153.shtml

Mañyoushuu III, 99:
"Und wär's der Schatz sogar,
den man den unschätzbaren nennt,
wie könnt' er zu vergleichen sein
mit einem einz'gen(?) Becher(?) Wein(?)."
[> mit einer Tasse weißes Reisbräu.]
Source of Mañyoushuu-waka translations into German:
http://archive.org/stream/geschichtederja00florgoog#page/n109/mode/2up