Sent to a woman to say how much I wanted to meet her, when I had gone to Hatsuse:
石上布留の瀬川の水たえて妹にあはずてとほどぞへにける
| iso no kami Furu no segaFa no midu taete imo ni aFazute Fodo zo Fenikeru |
Stone-bound and Ancient, the rapids’ Waters ever are; Without you, darling, An age has passed. |