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] am (2) worthless (1) [like] an old woven bracelet, (5) [I] am thinking (4) that [I] want [to live] for a thousand years! [I] composed this [poem] in the second year of Jinki, but because it is of the [same] type [as other poems], [I] placed it here.”