Poem (MYS II: 224) by a maiden of Yosami after Lord Kakinomoto no Hitomaro's death, date circa 710

Source:

http://www.wakapoetry.net/mys-ii-224/

The poem:

今日今日と我が待つ君は石川の峽に交りてありといはずやも

Romaji (reconstructed Old Japanese):

kepu kepu tö

wa ga matu kimi pa

isikapa nö

kapi ni mazirite

ari tö ipazu ya mo

English translation:

‘Will it be this day, or this day?’

The man I’m waiting for

Ishikawa’s

Pass has entered

Can’t you say?