Plovers.

朝ぼらけあとなき波になく千鳥あなことごとしあはれいつまで

asaborake ato naki nami ni naku chidori ana kotogotoshi aware itsu made

At the break of dawn, No wake upon the waves where Cry the plovers— O, such a tumult, How long will such sorrow last?[i]

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[i] See: A poem by Novice Manzei. 世間乎　何物尓将譬　旦開　榜去師船之　跡無如 yo no naka o / nani ni tatoemu / asabiraki / kogi inishi fune no / ato naki ga goto ‘This mundane world, / To what might I compare? / At dawn’s breaking, / A boat rowed out but / Has left no wake at all—that’s it.’ (Man’yōshū III: 351)