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
Sent to Hiyoshi Junior Priest [Haburibe no] Narinaka for his seventieth birthday celebrations.
なゝそぢにみつのはまゝつおいぬれどちよのゝこりは猶ぞはるけき
| nanaso ji ni mitsu no hama matsu oinuredo chi yo no nokori wa nao zo harukeki |
In their seventieth year The pines upon the beach at Mitsu Are aged, yet The remainder of their thousand years Stretches to yet greater distance. |
[Fujiwara no] Kiyosuke
藤原清輔