A poem from the Poetry Contest held by the Empress Dowager during the reign of the Kanpyō emperor.

つれなきを今は恋ひじとおもへども心よはくも落ちつる涙か

turenaki wo ima Fa koFizi to omoFedomo kokoro yoFaku mo otituru namida ka

Heartless, She has ceased to love me I know, yet Is it from my feeble heart, that These tears fall?

Sugano no Tadaomu