On the conception of praying for love, when he held a poetry match in one hundred rounds at his house.

いくよわれなみにしをれてき舟がは袖に玉ちる物おもふらん

iku yo ware nami ni shiorete kibunegawa sode ni tama chiru mono’omouran

How many nights shall I spend Drenched by the waves of Kibune River, with Sleeves scattered with the gemstones Of my gloomy thoughts?[i]

The Regent and Grand Minister

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[i] An allusive variation on GSIS XX: 1163, which is a response poem to GSIS XX: 1162.