MYS XX: 4339

國廻るあとりかまけり行き廻り歸り來までに齋ひて待たね

kuni meguru
atöri kama keri
yukimeguri,
kaperiku made ni
ipapite matane
Circling the provinces
The bramblings, ducks and lapwings
Go around,
Until I return again
Pray for me, and wait.

The above poem is by Osakabe no Mushimaro.

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