Three poems by Yakamochi, Lord Ōtomo, on parting from a friend.
けだしくも人の中言聞かせかもここだく待てど君が來まさぬ
| këdasiku mo pitö no nakagötö kikase ka mo köködaku matedö kimi ga kimasanu |
Perhaps To folks’ idle tongues You’ve hearkened? For I have waited long Yet you have not come. |