[One of] two poems composed to express his grief and sorrow by Kawabe no Miyahito when he saw the coffin of a young girl in the pine groves of Himeshima in Wadō 4 [711].

妹之名者　千代尓将流　姫嶋之　子松之末尓　蘿生万代尓

いもがなは　ちよにながれむ　ひめしまの　こまつがうれに　こけむすまでに

imo ga na pa tiyo ni nagaremu pimesima no komatu ga ure ni kokemusu made ni

This maiden’s name Will drift down a thousand ages Until Himeshima’s Pine seedling shoots are Choked with hanging moss.

Kawabe no Miyahito