After I had been seeing a certain lady’s daughter in secret for a while, she died, and feeling inconsolable I wrote to her mother:
契りありてまたはこの世にうまるとも面がはりして見もや忘れむ
| tigiri arite mata Fa kono yo ni umaru tomo omogaFarisite mi mo ya wasuremu |
A bond we had, and Once more into this world Will she be born, yet With a different face I may see and still forget her… |