Composed as a poem in the conception of hidden Love for a hundred poem sequence when the Regent [Fujiwara no Kanezane] was Minister of the Right.
あさましや抑ふる袖の下潛る涙の末を人や見つらん
| asamasi ya wosaFuru sode no sita kuguru namida no suwe wo Fito ya mituran |
How pitiless! From my restraining sleeves, Beneath and through, slip Tears-whither bound, I wonder if she knows? |
Former Provisional Master of the Right Capital Office [Minamoto no] Yorimasa