Sanekata Shū 112

Her reply:

山人の斧のたよりとおもふともこりしもせじな峰の爪木を

yamabito no
wono no tayori to
omoFu tomo
korisimosezi na
mine no tumagi wo
A woodcutter’s
Axe has some connection –
Or so they think, yet
They will learn nothing from it:
Kindling upon the peak.

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