At Nikitatsu / We have waited for the moon / Before boarding our boat; / Now the tide is in at last -- / Come, let's get to rowing! // - Princess Nukata [Nukata no Ōkimi] (c.630? - c.690?) -- Man'yōshū Book I --- translations by Edwin A. Cranston (1932 - )
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熟田津に船乗りせむと月待てば潮もかなひぬ今は漕ぎ出でな。 - 額田王 (630頃? - 690頃?) -- 『万葉集』巻一