When he was a gentleman-in-waiting[1] and had just started speaking to Masatada’s daughter.[2]

身にしみておもふ心のふかければつひに色にもいでぬべきかな

mi ni simite omoFu kokoro no Fukakereba tuFi ni iro ni mo idenubeki kana

Within my flesh The feelings of my heart Are buried deep, but At long last my passions Can be revealed!

Supernumerary Middle Counsellor Atsutada

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[1] Atsutada was made a gentleman-in-waiting (jijū 侍従) on the 12^th day of the First Month, Engi 延喜23 [31.1.923], dating this poem to after that point.

[2] The identity of this woman is unknown.