Ōkimi no tō no mikado to omoeredo kenagaku shi areba koinikeru kamo

大君の遠の朝廷と思へれど
日長くしあれば恋ひにけるかも

Roma-ji: Ōkimi no tō no mikado to omoeredo kenagaku shi areba koinikeru kamo
English Translation: As the far-off court
of our great sovereign
this place I regard,
but the days have grown so long
that I find myself longing
Meaning: I have thought of this place as our sovereign's court far from the capital, yet the days have grown so long that I have come to long for home.
Commentary: Book Fifteen Poems of the Envoys to Silla 3668

Headnote: "Arriving at Karadomari in Shima District, Chikuzen Province, the ship lay at anchor for three days. The light of the night moon shone bright and flowing. Facing this splendor, our traveling hearts were choked with sorrow, and each expressed his feelings in six poems"
He had thought of Tsukushi as the sovereign's distant seat of government, no different from the capital, but as the days of the journey pile up he has come to long for home. That the ambassador, who as head of the embassy had held back his homesickness, at last gives voice to his longing shows the weight of the long journey. A left note reads "the above poem is by the ambassador," and it stands first among the six poems at Karadomari.
The author, Abe no Tsugumaro, was the ambassador of the embassy to Silla, appointed in the eighth year of Tenpyō. On the way home from Silla, he died on Tsushima in the following, ninth year of Tenpyō.
According to the headnote, this is one of six poems composed while the ship lay at anchor for three days at Karadomari in Shima District, Chikuzen Province, when the night moon shone bright and the travelers, facing its beauty, were choked with traveling sorrow and each expressed his feelings. Karadomari is thought to be near Miyaura in present-day Nishi Ward, Fukuoka, a harbor before leaving Tsukushi for the open sea.

First line, "ōkimi no": "ōkimi" is the sovereign.
Second line, "tō no mikado to": "tō no mikado" is a government office in a land far from the capital, here the Dazaifu in Tsukushi.
Third line, "omoeredo": "re" is the realis of the continuative "ri": though I have been thinking so.
Fourth line, "kenagaku shi areba": "ke" means days, and "shi" is emphatic: since the days of the journey have grown long.
Fifth line, "koinikeru kamo": "ni" is perfective and "keru kamo" exclamatory: I have come to long for home, the poem ends.
Author: Abe no Tsugumaro
Source: Manyoshu
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