SKKS XI: 1006

When the Horikawa Regent [Fujiwara no Kanemichi (925-977)] sent her a letter asking where her home was:

わがやどはそこともなにかをしふべきいはでこそ見めたづねけりやと

wa ga yado wa
soko tomo nani ka
oshû beki
iwade koso mime
tazunekeri ya to
My home:
Where does it lie?
Should I truly tell you?
Better to be silent and gaze upon you,
Wondering whether you had asked in truth.

Hon’in no Jijū

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