GSS XIII: 991

Again, the man:

うへにのみおろかにもゆるかやり火のよにもそこには思ひこがれし

ue ni nomi
oroka ni moyuru
kayaribi no
yo ni mo soko ni wa
omoikogareshi
On the surface alone
Perfunctorily smouldering
As a smudge-pot
And certainly not from the depths
Do you burn with passion!

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