我が妻はいたく戀ひらし飮む水に影さへ見えてよに忘られず
wa ga tuma pa itaku kopirasi nomu midu ni kagö sapë miete yö ni wasurarezu |
My wife Loves me dearly, it seems For in my drinking water Her form appears In life, I never can forget her. |
The above poem is by Wakayamatobe no Mimaro of Aratama District, a man of serviceable age in the service of the Registrar’s Office.