Komoyo mikomochi fukushimoyo mibukushimochi konowokani natsumasuko ienoshirase nanorasane soramitsu yamatonokuniha oshinabete warekosowore shikinabete warekosomase warenikosoha norame iewomonawomo (The basket you carry, so pretty; your digging tool, so elegant: Girl picking herbs on the mountain, tell me your family, tell me your name: All of the land of Yamato follow me; and I watch over all of the land: For me, please tell me your family, tell me your name) (Volume 1, 1)
籠（こも）よ　み籠（こ）持ち掘串（ふくし）もよ　み掘串（ぶくし）持ち　この岳（をか）に　菜摘（なつ）ます児（こ）　家告（の）らせ　名告（の）らさね　そらみつ　大和（やまと）の国は　おしなべて　われこそ居（を）れ　しきなべて　われこそ座（ま）せ　われにこそは　告（の）らめ　家をも名をも（巻1・1番）