MYS.15.3719

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久左麻久良
多婢爾比左之久
安良米也等
伊毛爾伊比之乎
等之能倍奴良久

kusamakura
tabi ni pisasiku
arame ya to
imo ni ipisi wo ,
tosi no penuraku .

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 [I] told [my] beloved: (1/2/3) ‘Would [I] be long on [my] journey, [where I use] grass [for my] pillow?! ‒ [Certainly I would not!],’ (5) a [whole] year has passed.”