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