Composed at the same time, when she was thinking of becoming a nun.
捨てはてむと思さへこそかなしけれ君になれにし我身と思へば
| suteFatemu to omoFu saFe koso kanasikere kimi ni nare ni si wa ga mi to omoFeba |
To abandon all I feel, would be even more Sad; for Close to you I was, I feel. |
Izumi Shikibu
和泉式部