puna .kodomo no araarasiki kowe nite uraganasiku mo tooku kana to kinikeru utau o kiku mama ni putari sasimukawite nakikeri puna .bito mo tare o kou to ka oosima no ura kanasigeni kowe no kikoyuru
boat.man-PL GEN rough voice COP mournfully ETOP from.afar SFP COMP come-PFV-MPST singing ACC listen thus COP two-people direct-face cry-MPST boat.man ETOP who ACC yearn.for COMP FOC Ō-island GEN bay sad-appearing voice GEN be.audible
Even as [they] heard the boatmen in their rough voices singing, “Heartlorn, [we]’ve come so far!” the two faced each other and cried. So whom do the boatmen long for? Voices from Ō Island Bay sound so heartsick.’ (Genji monogatari, ‘Tamakazura’, Shinpen Zenshū, vol. 22, p. 90)