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.