Composed when he was going to a distant place and [Minamoto no] Moromitsu saw him off.
かへりこんほどをちぎらむとおもへどもおいぬる身こそさだめがたけれ
| kaerikon hodo o chigiramu to omoedomo oinuru mi koso sadamegatakere |
To return Sometime, I would make a vow, I feel, yet For my aged bones There is nothing certain. |
The Monk Dōin