English translation by Frellesvig-and-Whitman from NINJAL International Symposium on Valency Classes and Alternations in Japanese National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics, 4-5 August 2012 "The historical source of the bigrade (nidan) transitivity alternations in Japanese (ニ段活用に現れる自・他交替の通時起源について)" :
‘a day where the waves are not rising in the Noko Bay’

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.:
“(4) Although there are (2/3) days when the waves do not rise [in] Nökö bay (1) [of] Kara harbor, (4/5) there are no days when [I] do not long for home.”