Sanekata Shū 147

I replied:

かくなむと黄楊の枕にあらずともしらざらめやは戀の數をも

kaku namu to
tuge no makura ni
arazu tomo
sirazarame ya Fa
koFi no kazu wo mo

That it is so is a
Tale my boxwood pillow
Will not tell, nor
Can it know
The extent of my love for you.

Waka Poetry