SZS IX: 596

Composed in Nara, when an acolyte named Jijū threw away his life in the Izumi River.

何事の深き思ひに泉川そこの玉もと沈み果てけん

nanigoto no
Fukaki omoFi ni
idumigaFa
soko no tamamoto
sidumiFateken
With what
Depth of feeling
To Izumi River’s
Bed with the gemweed
Did you sink at last?

Bishop Hangen
僧都範玄

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