MYS.5.884

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国遠伎
路乃長手遠
意保意保斯久
計布夜須疑南
己等騰比母奈久

kuni topoki ,
miti no nagate wo
obobosiku ,
kyepu ya sugwina-mu
kotodwopi mo naku , .

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.:
“(3/4) Should [I] gloomily pass away today (2) on the long road (1) far away from [my] province (5) without [being able] to speak [to my parents]?”