Ise Monogatari, Chapter 123

In reply:
野とならばうづらとなりて鳴きをらんかりにだにやはきみは來ざらむ

no to naraba
udura to narite
nakiworan
kari ni dani ya Fa
kimi Fa kozaramu
If I’m abandoned in a field
A quail I shall become
And cry;
But surely, briefly hunting me
You’ll come, won’t you?

Anonymous

See also KKS VIII 971-2 for a variant on the exchange.

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