From the Poetry Match held in the reign of the Tenryaku Emperor.

逢ふ事のたえてしなくは中中に人をも身をもうらみざらまし

aFu koto no taetesi naku Fa nakanaka ni Fito wo mo mi wo mo uramizaramasi

If meeting Were never to be, then Somehow, Both you, lady, and my unlucky lot I would not wish to resent!

Middle Counsellor Asatada