Composed as a Love poem, when he took part in a hundred poem sequence.
いかばかり戀路は遠きものなれば年はゆけども逢ふよなからむ
| ika bakari koFidi Fa toFoki mono nareba tosi Fa yukedomo aFu yonakaramu |
How Far does the road of love Stretch, for The years go by, yet Still we have no meeting? |
Former Councillor [Fujiwara no] Norinaga