GSIS VIII: 485

When [his father] was going down to Noto, people came to see them off and he composed this poem.

とまるべき道にはあらずなかなかに會はでぞ今日はあるべかりける

tomarubeki
miti ni Fa arazu
nakanaka ni
aFade zo keFu Fa
arubekarikeru
To halt at all
On this path is not done
Far better
Not to have met at all today
I’d say.

Minamoto no Michinari

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