MYS XX: 4337

水鳥の立ちの急ぎに父母に物言はず來にて今ぞ悔しき

midu töri nö
tati nö isogi ni
titi papa ni
monö ipazu kenite
ima zö kuyasiki
The water fowl
Take flight at speed
From my father and my mother
Without a word, I came away
How I do regret that now.

The above poem is by Utobe no Ushimaro, Senior serviceable male.

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