遅 おそ牛 うしも淀 よど、早 はや牛 うしも淀 よど

osōshimo yodo hayaushimo yodo

1. there is no point in hurrying; hurry no man's cattle; slow oxen (leaving Kyoto) end up in Yodo (just south of Kyoto), fast oxen also end up in Yodo — literal