春まけてもの悲しきにさ夜更けて羽振き鳴く鴫誰が田にか住む
| paru makete mono kanasiki ni sayo pukete pabuki naku sigi ta ga ta ni ka sumu |
I cannot wait for spring; Somehow sad, At the dusk, The snipe cry and beat their wings – I wonder, whose is the field where they take their ease? |
Ōtomo no Yakamochi
大伴家持