我が妻も繪に描き取らむ暇もが旅行く我れは見つつ偲はむ
| wa ga tuma mo e ni kaki toramu iduma mo ga, tabi yuku are pa mitutu sinöbamu |
My wife In a picture I’d draw, Had I but the time, Then on my journey Would I gaze at it, remembering her. |
The above poem is by Mononobe no Komaro of Lower Naga District.