In the final month of the year in which the wife of Middle Councillor Kanesuke had died, Tsurayuki paid him a visit and composed this while they were talking sadly.
恋ふる間に年の暮れなば亡き人の別やいとゞ遠くなりなん
| koFuru ma ni tosi no kurenaba nakibito no wakare ya itodo toFokunarinan |
While thinking fondly of her Should the year come to an end, She, who’s dead, Will be parted even Further from us… |
Ki no Tsurayuki