When Ono no Chifuru 小野千古 went to Michinoku as Assistant Governor, his mother composed:
たらちねの親のまもりとあひ添ふる心許はせきなとゞめそ
| taratine no oya no mamori to aFi soFuru kokoro bakari Fa seki na todome so |
O’er flowing with love A mother, for a charm Sends Her heart, alone, O border guards, halt it not! |