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MYS I: 37

A poem composed by Hitomaro, Lord Kakinomoto on the occasion of an imperial excursion to the Yoshino Palace.

見れど飽かぬ吉野の川の常滑の絶ゆることなくまたかへり見む

miredo akanu
yosino no kapa no
tokoname no
tayuru koto naku
mata kaperimimu
I gaze on you, yet never get my fill:
River Yoshino, where
Mosses grow
Without end;
I will return again, and see you more!

柿本人麻呂