Ōkimi no tsugite mesurashi Takamato no nobe miru goto ni ne nomi shi nakayu

大君の継ぎて見すらし高円の
野辺見るごとに音のみし泣かゆ

Roma-ji: Ōkimi no tsugite mesurashi Takamato no nobe miru goto ni ne nomi shi nakayu
English Translation: Our great lord, it seems,
gazed on them ever and again,
Takamato's fields;
each time I see them now
I can only weep aloud
Meaning: Each time I see the fields of Takamato, which our lord seems to have gazed upon so often, I cannot help but weep aloud.
Commentary: Book Twenty Miscellaneous Poems 4510

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Five poems composed as each, moved by the mood, thought of the site of the detached palace at Takamato."
Each time I see the fields of Takamato our lord seems to have gazed on so often, I cannot help weeping aloud: a poem of grief for Emperor Shōmu. The left note attributes it to Kannabi no Ikago, Senior Assistant Minister of the Treasury; it closes the five poems on the Takamato palace and also the fifteen from the banquet at Nakatomi no Kiyomaro's residence. Taking up "the fields our lord gazed on" in the preceding poem, it says grief wells up each time he sees them, closing the five poems of remembrance in tears.
The author, Kannabi no Ikago, formerly Prince Ikago, later received the surname Kannabi no Mahito. At this time he was Senior Assistant Minister of the Treasury.

The first line, "ōkimi no," refers to Emperor Shōmu, the same as the third line of the preceding poem.
The second line, "tsugite mesurashi," "seems to have gazed on them again and again," uses rashi, inference.
The third line, "Takamato no," is the place name sung of throughout the five.
The fourth line, "nobe miru goto ni," "each time I see the fields," takes up "the fields our lord gazed on" in the preceding poem.
The closing line, "ne nomi shi nakayu," "I cannot help weeping aloud," ends with the same phrase as the lament for a sovereign passed on by Ōhara no Imaki in this book.
Author: Kannabi no Ikago
Source: Manyoshu
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