Recited aloud on the rising sun at Ōtsu beach.

きみがよはおほつのはまのまさごもてかずととるともつきじとぞ思ふ

kimi ga yo wa ōtsu no hama no masago mote kazu to toru tomo tsukiji to zo omou

My Lord’s reign: though On Ōtsu beach should The fair sands Be numbered, Shall never end, I feel.

Ōe no Masafusa