A poem from when Empress Naka had gone to the hot-springs in Kii.

君之齒母　吾代毛所知哉　磐代乃　岡之草根乎　去来結手名

君が代もわがよも知るやいはしろのをかの草ねをいざ結びてな

kimi ga yo mo wa ga yo mo siru ya ipasiro no woka no kusane wo iza musubite na

For my Lord’s life And for mine, too-we govern Iwashiro’s Hills: the grasses’ roots Let us weave together.

Empress Naka