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保等登芸須
麻豆奈久安佐気
伊可爾世婆
和我加度須疑自
可多利都具麻泥

pototogisu
madu naku asake
ika ni , seba ,
wa ga kadwo sugwizi
kataritugu made .

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) At dawn when a cuckoo cries for the first time, (3) what [should I] do (4) so [it] would not pass by my gate (5) until [I] will tell about [it] from generation to generation. (W)”