When various people were composing ten poems each about love, he composed this on a lover who comes, but will not stay.
玉津島きしうつ浪の立ち歸りせないでましぬ名殘寂しも
| tamatusima kisi utu nami no tatikaFeri sena idemasinu nagori sabisimo |
The jewelled island Coast-striking waves Rise and then return, Even so my man departs; How sad for him to leave me. |
Master of the Palace Repairs Office [Fujiwara no] Akisue