GSS XI: 700

Sent to a woman.

名にしおはばあふさか山のさねかづら人にしられでくるよしもがな

na ni si oFaba
aFusakayama no
sanekadura
Fito ni sirarede
kuru yosi mogana
If the name fits, then
As Meeting Mount’s
Twining kadsura vine,
Without others finding out,
I wish I had a way to come to you!

The Sanjō Minister of the Right

A kuzushiji version of the poem's text.
Created with Soan.

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