A reminiscence poem, from a hundred poem sequence.
むかしだにむかしとおもひしたらちねのなをこひしきぞはかなかりける
| mukashi dani mukashi to omoishi tarachine no nao koishiki zo hakanakarikeru |
If only I lived long ago, I thought in times gone by; My parents: Now they seem so dear to me, and Yet they were so fleeting. |
Master of the Dowager Empress Household Office Toshinari
藤原俊成