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Ono no Takamura (802-852 AD) was a noted poet and state councilor exiled for a year to an island for feigning illness to avoid a mission to China. He wrote this upon his exile.
My Translation
Ono no Takamura
Rowing out
Through sea plains
And myriad islands—
Tell the people
Of the heaven-tempting boat!
Original Japanese
参議篁
わたの原
八十島かけて
こぎ出ぬと
人には告げよ
あまのつり舟
Japanese Pronunciation
Ono no Takamura
Wata no hara
Yasoshima kakete
Kogi idenu to
Hito ni wa tsugeyo
Ama no tsuri bune
Literal
Ono no Takamura
Sea’s meadow
80 islands by way of
Have rowed out and
People to inform
Heaven’s tempting boat