Sanekata Shū 22

When a group of us had gone to Uji, Lord Kagemasa wrote this on the lid of a cypress-wood lunch box and sent it over:

端姫に夜半のさむさもとふべきにさそはで過ぐるかり人やたれ

Fasi Fime ni
yoFa no samusa mo
toFubeki ni
sasoFade suguru
karibito ya tare
To the Damsel of the Bridge,
‘How fare you in the deep night’s chill?’
Should one enquire;
Passing by without a word,
Who might be this heartless hunter?

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