Two poems composed by Naga no imiki Okimaro, grieving at the sight of the bound pine.
磐代の岸の松が枝結びけむ人は帰りてまた見けむかも
| ipasiro no kisi no matu ga e musubikemu pito pa kaperite mata mikemu kamo |
On Iwashiro’s Shore, a pine’s branches It seems he tied – I wonder, will he return And see them once more… |
Naga no Okimaro
長意吉麻呂
Two poems composed by Prince Arima, on feeling sorrowful and tying the branches of a pine tree together.
磐白の浜松が枝を引き結びま幸くあらばまた帰り見む
| ipasiro no pamamatu ga e wo pikimusubi masakiku araba kaperimimu |
At Iwashiro, A beach-pine’s branches I draw and bind together; If fortune favours me, I’ll return to see them once more… |
Prince Arima
有間皇子