Sankashū II: 578

Love on visiting after hearing a name

逢はざらんことをは知で帚木の伏屋と聞きて尋ねきにけり

awazaran
koto o ba shirade
hahakigi no
fuseya to kikite
tazunekinikeri
That we would not meet,
All unknowing;
Of your mirage-tree
Resting place did I hear, and
Come to call…

Saigyō
西行

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