When I was coming down from the capital as the messenger to the Usa Shrine, the Nijō Major Controller of the Left said he was in strict seclusion and unable to meet me:
心うさのみやこながらもありけるを會はで別るゝたびと思へば
| kokoro usa no miyako nagara mo arikeru wo aFade wakaruru tabi to omoFeba |
Heartlessness Within the capital Does lie; Parting, without meeting, On my journey – that’s what I’ll think! |