Uchiwatasu taketa no hara ni naku tazu no ma naku toki nashi aga kouraku wa

うち渡す武田の原に鳴く鶴の
間なく時なし我が恋ふらくは

Roma-ji: Uchiwatasu taketa no hara ni naku tazu no ma naku toki nashi aga kouraku wa
English Translation: Stretching far and wide,
on the plain of Taketa
cranes cry out and call;
without pause and at all times,
so this longing of mine goes
Meaning: Like the cranes crying across the wide plain of Taketa, without pause and at every hour, so I long for you.
Commentary: Book Four Love Poems 760

Headnote: "Two poems sent by Lady Ōtomo no Sakanoue from the Taketa estate to her daughter, the Elder Daughter"
This is the first of two poems Lady Sakanoue sent from the Taketa estate to her daughter. With cranes crying ceaselessly on the plain of Taketa as its preface, she says her longing for her daughter never pauses. A mother's love for her daughter is expressed in the form of a love poem.
The author, Lady Ōtomo no Sakanoue, was a daughter of Ōtomo no Yasumaro and half-sister of Ōtomo no Tabito. She left many poems in the Man'yōshū and is esteemed as a leading woman poet.

First line, "Stretching far and wide," means looking out across.
Second line, "on the plain of Taketa," names the plain of Taketa in Yamato.
Third line, "cranes cry out and call," names the crying cranes; the first three lines form a preface.
Fourth line, "without pause and at all times," means ceaselessly, at every time; the poem breaks after this line.
Fifth line, "so this longing of mine goes," is the same last line as poem 526.
Author: Lady Ōtomo no Sakanoue
Source: Manyoshu
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