At a time when he was seeing a woman, he had cause to go to Nagara in the Province of Tsu and sent this to her house.
忘るやとながらへゆけど身にそひて戀しきことはをくれざりけり
| wasuru ya to nagara Fe yukedo mi ni soFite koFisiki koto Fa wokurezarikeri |
‘Will he forget me?’ you might think- I may be long gone in Nagara, yet My heart is yours- My love I would never leave behind. |