Poems by border guards from various provinces sent as relief to Tsukushi in the 7th year of Tempyō-Shōhō [755], Second Month.
畏きや命被り明日ゆりや草がむた寢む妹なしにして
| kasikoki ya mikötö kagapuri asu yuri ya kae ga muta nemu imu nasi ni site |
A fearsome Order I received And from the morrow Will I sleep among the grasses Without my darling girl? |
The above poem is by Mononobe no Akimochi of Lower Naga District, a man of serviceable age in the service of the District Governor.