When he didn’t know where she had gone, a man who wanted to get to know her again sent to her saying, ‘I’ve been worriedly enquiring about you for days-I thought you were dead!’
思ひ河絶えず流るゝ水の泡のうたがた人にあはで消えめや
| omoFi kaFa taezu nagaruru midu no aFa no utagata Fito ni aFade kieme ya |
For love a river Unending flows; Foam upon the waters Am I yet I’d never perish for not seeing you! |
Ise
伊勢