万代に見るともあかじ長月の有明の月のあらむかぎりは

yorozuyo ni miru to mo akaji nagatsuki no ariake no tsuki no aramu kagiri wa

Even for ten thousand ages Should I gaze, I’d ne’er get my fill Of the Longest Month’s Dawntime moon, as long as ‘Twas there![i]

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[i] See: 万代　見友将飽八　三芳野乃　多芸都河内之　大宮所 yorozuyo ni / mitomo akame ya / miyoshino no / tagitsu kōchi no / ōmiyadokoro ‘Though for a myriad reigns / I gaze, I’ll ne’er be full / Of Yoshino’s / Seething river shore, / The mighty palace site.’ Kasa no Kanamura (Man’yōshū VI: 921); and: Topic unknown. 長月の在明の月の有りつつも君しきまさば我こひめやも nagatsuki no / ariake no tsuki no / aritsutsu mo / kimi shi kimasaba / ware koime ya mo ‘The Longest Month’s / Dawntime moon— / Ever a time for parting, but / Had you come to visit, then / How I would yearn for you then!’ Hitomaro (Shūishū XIII: 795)