SKKS IX: 861

To someone who was going down to Michinoku.

見てだにもあかぬ心をたまぼこのみちのおくまで人のゆくらん

mite dani mo
akanu kokoro o
tamaboko no
michi no oku made
hito no yukuran
Such a brief meeting
Leaves our hearts unsated;
A jewelled spear
On the road into the heartlands, as far as Michinoku,
Why must you go…

Tsurayuki
貫之

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