When converting the Man’yōshū to Japanese.
涙河底のみくづとなりはてて恋しきせぜに流れこそすれ
| namidagaFa soko no mikudu to nariFatete koFisiki seze ni nagare koso sure |
A river of tears: As flotsam on the bed Will I finally become, should Love in rapids Flow so much… |
Minamoto no Shitagō