Composed and sent in reply when Fun’ya no Yasuhide became a 3rd rank official in the provincial government of Mikawa and sent to her saying, ‘Why not come out and see this distant duty post of mine?’
わびぬれば身をうき草の根をたえて誘ふ水あらば去なむとぞ思
| wabinureba mi wo ukikusa no ne wo taete sasoFu midu araba inamu to zo omoFu |
In my desolation I am as duckweed: Cut my roots and Take me away-would the water do it, I should go, I think. |
Ono no Komachi
小野小町