When [Fujiwara no] Arikuni became Senior Assistant Governor General [of Dazaifu] and went down, Kintō composed:
別よりまさりて惜しき命かな君に二たびあはむと思へば
| wakare yori masarite wosiki inoti kana kimi ni Futa tabi aFamu to omoFeba |
More than parting- Far more do I regret My life; Once more with you Might I meet, I wonder. |
Former Major Councillor [Fujiwara no] Kintō
藤原公任