A poem composed when Senior Clerk Hata no Imiki presented a farewell banquet to Governor Ōtomo, Lord Yakamochi at the Yachishima residence.
奈呉の海の沖つ白波しくしくに思ほえむかも立ち別れなば
nago no umi no oki tu siranami sikusiku ni omopoemu ka mo tatiwakarenaba |
At the sea of Nago The whitecaps in the offing So clearly Would I remember When I am gone from here… |
Ōtomo no Yakamochi
大伴家持