天地の神に幣置き齋ひつついませ我が背な我れをし思はば
amë tusi nö
To heaven and earth’s
On the 20th day, Second Month, twenty poems about sakimori were presented by the Superintendent of Sakimori , Musashi Province: Mikuni, Lord Azumi, of the Senior Sixth Rank. However, unskilful efforts were not recorded.
防人に行くは誰が背と問ふ人を見るが羨しさ物思ひもせず
sakimori ni
“For a border-guard
我妹子と二人我が見しうち寄する駿河の嶺らは戀しくめあるか
wagimeko tö
Together with my darling
The above poem is by Kasugabe no Maro.
我ろ旅は旅と思ほど家にして子持ち痩すらむ我が妻愛しも
warö tabi pa
My journey
The above poem is by Tamatsukuribe no Hirome.
眞木柱ほめて造れる殿のごといませ母刀自面變はりせず
makïbasira
With pillars of noble wood
The above poem is by Sakatabe no Obitomaro.
橘の美袁利の里に父を置きて道の長道は行きかてのかも
tatibana nö
In Tachibana
The above poem is by Hasebe no Tarimaro.
國廻るあとりかまけり行き廻り歸り來までに齋ひて待たね
kuni meguru
Circling the provinces
The above poem is by Osakabe no Mushimaro.
水鳥の立ちの急ぎに父母に物言はず來にて今ぞ悔しき
midu töri nö
The water fowl
The above poem is by Utobe no Ushimaro, Senior serviceable male.
我が妻も繪に描き取らむ暇もが旅行く我れは見つつ偲はむ
wa ga tuma mo
My wife
The above poem is by Mononobe no Komaro of Lower Naga District.
我が妻はいたく戀ひらし飮む水に影さへ見えてよに忘られず
wa ga tuma pa
My wife
The above poem is by Wakayamatobe no Mimaro of Aratama District, a man of serviceable age in the service of the Registrar’s Office.
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