原に霞たなびき鶴が音の
悲しき宵は 國邊し思ほゆ
unapara ni kasumi tanabiki tadu ga ne nö
kanasiki yöpi pa kunipe si omopoyu
Man'yōshū MYS XX: 4399
Over the sea's wide sweep
Trails a haze of mist;
The cranes call
Sadly in the dusk
Reminding me of home.
悲しき宵は 國邊し思ほゆ
unapara ni kasumi tanabiki tadu ga ne nö
kanasiki yöpi pa kunipe si omopoyu
Man'yōshū MYS XX: 4399
Over the sea's wide sweep
Trails a haze of mist;
The cranes call
Sadly in the dusk
Reminding me of home.
(Tr. by Thomas McAuley)