At the time of departure, she sent him a waka (a traditional Japanese poem of thirty-one syllables) of farewell and his mother said she would build a palace on the mountain of Matsura live on looking towardst the sky of Tang until his return.
出国の時、彼女は彼に別れの歌を送り、彼の母は松浦の山に宮を造り、彼の帰国まで唐の空を眺め暮らすと言った。