When I had begged some purple dye from the Director of the Bureau of Palace Equipment and Upkeep, to say she would send it:
かこつべき故もなき身に武蔵野のわか紫をなにゝめすらむ
| kakotubeki yuFe mo naki mi ni musasino no wakamurasaki wo nani ni mesuramu |
A complaint of A relationship with me have you none, so why Musashi plain’s Fresh violet Might you request? |