Composed when in China.
いざこどもはや日のもとへおほとものみつのはま松まちこひぬらん
iza kodomo haya hi no moto e ōtomo no mitsu no hamamatsu machi koinuran |
Hey boys! Swiftly to the rising sun And Ōtomo’s Pine-covered beach at Mitsu I would return. |
Yamanoue no Okura (660-ca.733)
山上憶良