A poem from the Poetry Contest held by the Empress Dowager during the Reign of the Kanpyō Emperor.

しぬる命いきもやすると心みに玉のをばかりあはむといはなむ

sinuru inoti iki mo ya suru to kokoromi ni tama no wo bakari aFamu to iFanamu

I have died for love of you, but Might life return? Try, if only as A fragile jewelled thread, and Say that you will meet with me!

Fujiwara no Okikaze