SKKS VIII: 817

After Koshōjō of the Jōtōmon Palace died, she saw a love letter she had been writing lying in something, and sent it to the Kaga Junior Councillor with this.

たれかよにながらへて見んかきとめしあとはきえせぬかたみなれども

tare ka yo ni
nagaraete min
kakitomeshi
ato wa kiesenu
katami naredomo
Who, within this world,
Will go on and on?
Her brush is halted
And the words: a never fading
Keepsake be, yet…

Murasaki Shikibu
紫式部

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