English translation by OCOJ team:
Though I pick up a white jewel from the deeps of Tanmano ura, back down, I put it, because there is no one to look at it.

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.:
“(3) Although [I] picked up (2) white pearls in the offing (2) of the bay of Tama, (4) because there is nobody to look [at them], (5) [I] have left [them there] again.”