His reply:
わがおもひそらのけぶりとなりぬれば雲井ながらもなをたづねてん
| wa ga omoi sora no keburi to narinureba kumoi nagara mo nao tazuneten |
My thought are flames, As sky-soaring smoke Have they become, so Though they be among the clouds, Yet I will ask again. |
Chūgi-Kō [Fujiwara no Kanemichi]