KKS XVIII: 961

Composed when he was exiled to Oki.

おもひきやひなのわかれにおとろへてあまのなはたきいさりせんとは

omoFiki ya
Fina no wakare ni
otoroFete
ama no naFataki
izarisen to Fa
I would not have thought it!
Parted, in the boondocks and
All at a loss, so
As a fisherman, I shall take line in hand
And fish away…

Lord [Ono no] Takamura

A kuzushiji version of the poem's text.
Created with Soan.

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