Sanekata Shū 246

Then, when I had said, ‘What sort of a reply is that?’

あはれてふ言の葉いかでみてしかなわびはつる身のなぐさめにせむ

aFare teFu
koto no Fa ikade
mitesi kana
wabiFaturu mi no
nagusame ni semu
A kind
Word: how much
I wanted it;
Gaunt from grief,
A consolation it would be…

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