#0439

み空行く雲も使と人は言へど
家づと遣らむたづき知らずも
misora yuku kumo mo tukapi tö pitö pa ipedö 

ipeduto yaramu taduki sirazu mo
   
Man'yōshū  MYS XX: 4410
    
"Travelling the sky
The clouds can be your messengers,"
Or so folk say, yet
How a gift home they'll take
I really know not.
    
(Tr. by Thomas McAuley)