MYS.14.3500

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牟良佐伎波
根乎可母乎布流
比等乃児能
宇良我奈之家乎
祢乎遠敞奈久爾

murasaki pa
ne wo ka mo wopuru .
pito no kwo no
uraganasikye wo ,
ne wo wopenaku ni .

English translation by Vovin from Vovin, Alexander. 2009-2013. A New English Translation Containing the Original Text, Kana Transliteration, Romanization, Glossing and Commentary. Folkestone, UK: Global Oriental Press.:
“(1/2) Does the gromwell’s root have an end, I wonder? (3/4) Although [that] person’s daughter is lovely, (5) [I] have not yet slept with [her] (lit.: the fact is that [I] did not finish the act of sleeping). (E)”