Composed on hearing a stag, while at the Shirakawa estate:
憂き世には山のあなたのゆかしきに鹿のねながらいやはねらるゝ
uki yo ni Fa yama no anata no yukasiki ni sika no nenagara iya Fa neraruru |
The world of sorrows lies Beyond yonder hill; So full of longing is The stag’s cry, Will sleep ever find me? |