SZS XIV: 881

Composed on the conception of unmet love with varying emotions, when he was ordered to produce a hundred poem sequence.

ながらへてかはるこころをみるよりはあふにいのちをかへてましかば

nagaraFete
kaFaru kokoro wo
miru yori Fa
aFu ni inoti wo
kaFetemashi ka ba
To live on and
Your inconstant heart
See—I’d rather
For a meeting my life
Exchange…

The Regent and Minister of the Right

A kuzushiji version of the poem's text.
Created with Soan.

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