Sent to a woman with who I had once spoken, but had not visited in a long time.
おほぶねの上りの綱の綱ゆへに絶ゆとはなくてたゞにやみにし
| oFobune no nobori no tuna no tuna yuFe ni tayu to Fa nakute tada ni yaminisi |
Great ships are Upriver hauled by hawsers; And hawsers Never break apart— We were merely interrupted! |