MYS I: 18

Composed when Princess Nukata went to Ōmi.

三輪山乎 然毛隠賀 雲谷裳 情有南畝 可苦佐布倍思哉

三輪山をしかも隠すか雲だにも心あらなも隠さふべしや

miwayama wo
sikamo kakusu ka
kumo dani mo
kokoro ara na mo
kakusapubesi ya
Mount Miwa,
Why are you concealed?
Had the clouds but
Sense, I wish
They would hide you not!

Princess Nukata
額田王

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