A poem by Naga no Okimaro.
苦しくも降り來る雨か三輪の崎狭野の渡りに家もあらなくに
| kurusikumo purikuru ame ka miwa no saki sano no watari ni ipe mo aranaku ni |
How painful it is: For the rain to come a’falling here, Upon the strand at Miwa, For at the ferry port of Sano, I have no home at all… |