#0435

 家思ふと寐を寝ず居れば鶴が鳴く
葦辺も見えず春の霞に　　　
ipe omopu tö i wo nezu woreba tadu ga naku
asibe mo miezu paru nö kasumi ni
        

Man'yōshū MYS XX: 4400
  
Thinking of home
I lie sleepless;
The cranes call
From the reedbeds - unseen
In the springtime haze. 

    

(Tr. by Thomas McAuley)