SIS XVIII: 1197

He went as a messenger to Kasuga, and sent this to a woman promptly on his return.

くればとく行きてかたらむあふ時のとをちのさとのすみうかりしも

kureba toku
yukite kataramu
aFu toki no
towoti no sato no
sumi ukarisi mo
At sunset, swiftly
Will I come to call;
When we meet
That in far distant Tōchi
Life was hard, I will recall…

[Fujiwara no] Koremasa, The Ichijō Regent
伊尹 一条摂政
(924-972)

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