Envoy

石見の海打歌の山の木の間より我が振る袖を妹見つらむか

ipami no umi ututa no yama no ko no ma yori wa ga puru sode wo imo mituramu ka

By the sea at Iwami, On Utsuta Mountain From between the trees I wave my sleeves – Will my darling glimpse them, I wonder?

Kakinomoto no Hitomaro