#0434

うらうらに 照れる春日に ひばり上がり
心悲しも 獨し思へば

uraura ni tereru parubi ni pibari agari
kökörö kanasi mo pitöri si omopeba

    

Man'yōshū MYS XIX: 4292

       
Gloriously
Shines the spring sun:
A skylark soars
And sad am I,
Alone with my thoughts.

(Tr. by Thomas McAuley)