MYS XX: 4341

橘の美袁利の里に父を置きて道の長道は行きかてのかも

tatibana nö
miwori nö sato ni
titi wo okite
miti nö nagate pa
yukikate nö ka mo
In Tachibana
In the village of Miwori
I left my father;
This long, long road
Is hard to travel, indeed.

The above poem is by Hasebe no Tarimaro.

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