Willow.
さほひめのねくたれがみをあをやぎのけづりやすらんはるのやまかぜ
| saohime no nekutaregami o aoyagi no kezuri ya suran haru no yamakaze | Princess Sao’s Sleep-tangled tresses Of green willow: Are they combed, perhaps, by The breeze from off the mountains in springtime? |
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SIS XX: 1289
On seeing that an attendant to His Majesty had thrown herself in Sarasawa Pond.
わぎもこがねくたれがみをさるさはの池のたまもと見るぞかなしき
| wagimoko ga nekutaregami wo s arusaFa no ike no tamamo to miru zo kanasiki | A maiden’s Sleep-tangled hair in Sarusawa Pond among the gemweed— The sight is so very sad… |
Hitomaro
Also Yamato monogatari 252.
