On hearing that Toki’akira, the Assistant-Governor of Sanuki, had not gone to the house of Koben, in service to the empress.
葛城や一言主もたけからず久米の岩橋渡しはてねば
kaduragi ya Fitokotonusi mo takekarazu kume no iFabasi watasiFateneba |
Kazuragi Mountain’s Master of the Single Word Lacks courage; For the boulder bridge of Kume He cannot cross, entirely! |