Composed at the Kyokusui Festival.
から人のふねをうかべてあそぶてふけふぞわがせこ花かづらせよ
| karabito no fune o ukabete asobu chô kyô zo wa ga seko hana kazuraseyo |
The folk of Cathay Set boats adrift For pleasure, so they say, Today it is my friends With flowers in their hair. |
Middle Councillor [Ōtomo no] Yakamochi
大伴家持