When I had returned from Usa, having pleaded for a comb from a lady at the palace:
來し道にけづるともなき旅人のたむけの神につくしはてゝき
| kosi miti ni keduru tomo naki tabibito no tamuke no kami ni tukusi Fateteki |
Homeward bound, With unkempt hair This traveller His offerings to the gods Has quite exhausted. |