A poem from the Poetry Contest held by the Dowager Empress during the Reign of the Kanpyō Emperor.

人しれずしたにながるる涙川せきとどめなむかげは見ゆると

hito shirezu shita ni nagaruru namidagawa seki todomenamu kage wa miyuru to

Unknown to all Beneath there flows A river of tears; O, for a dam to halt it, that I could glimpse her face…

Anonymous