Poem in the Man'yōshū (MYS IV: 675) by the Elder Maiden of Nakatomi to Yakamochi, Lord Ōtomo, date 8th century

Source:

http://www.wakapoetry.net/mys-iv-675/

The poem:

をみなへし佐紀沢に生ふる花かつみかつても知らぬ恋もするかも

Romaji transliteration (in reconstructed Old Japanese):

wominapesi

sakisapa ni opuru

panakatumi

katute mo siranu

kopi mo suru kamo

English translation:

A maidenflower as,

At Saki Marsh grows

The crested iris

Still unknown is

The love I feel.