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MYS XVII: 4021

A poem composed on the banks of the Ogami, in the district of Tonami.

雄神川紅にほふ娘子らし葦付[水松之類]取ると瀬に立たすらし

ogamigapa
kurenawi nipopu
wotome rasi
asituki toru to
se ni tatasurasi
Upon the River Ogami
Glowing safflower scarlet
Do the maidens seem;
Harvesting ashitsuki
Standing in the shallows…

Ōtomo no Yakamochi
大伴家持