佐左賀波乃 佐也久志毛用尓 奈奈弁加流 去呂毛尓麻世流 古侶賀波太波毛
笹が葉のさやぐ霜夜に七重着る衣に增せる子ろが肌はも
sasa ga pa nö The leaves of bamboo grass
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荒し男のいをさ手挾み向ひ立ちかなるましづみ出でてと我が來る
arasi wo nö
A fierce man
馬屋なる繩立つ駒の後るがへ妹が言ひしを置きて悲しも
umaya naru
From the stable,
我が背なを筑紫は遣りて愛しみえひは解かななあやにかも寢む
wa ga se na wo
My man
家の妹ろ我を偲ふらし眞結ひに結ひし紐の解くらく思へば
ipa nö imoro wo
My sweetheart, back at home
天地の神に幣置き齋ひつついませ我が背な我れをし思はば
amë tusi nö
To heaven and earth’s
On the 20th day, Second Month, twenty poems about sakimori were presented by the Superintendent of Sakimori , Musashi Province: Mikuni, Lord Azumi, of the Senior Sixth Rank. However, unskilful efforts were not recorded.
防人に行くは誰が背と問ふ人を見るが羨しさ物思ひもせず
sakimori ni
“For a border-guard
我妹子と二人我が見しうち寄する駿河の嶺らは戀しくめあるか
wagimeko tö
Together with my darling
The above poem is by Kasugabe no Maro.
我ろ旅は旅と思ほど家にして子持ち痩すらむ我が妻愛しも
warö tabi pa
My journey
The above poem is by Tamatsukuribe no Hirome.
眞木柱ほめて造れる殿のごといませ母刀自面變はりせず
makïbasira
With pillars of noble wood
The above poem is by Sakatabe no Obitomaro.
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