Composed when he was on a pilgrimage to worship Kannon at thirty-three places, and saw oil emerging at Tanigumi, in Mino.[1]

よをてらすほとけのしるしありければまだともし火もきえぬなりけり

yo wo terasu Fotoke no sirusi arikereba mada tomosibi mo kienu narikeri

Shining light upon the world, This Buddha, a sign Does give: As yet, the lanterns Never have gone out!

Former Archbishop Kakuchū
前大僧正覚忠

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[1] This poem was composed at the Kegonji 華厳寺 temple on Mount Tagumi (Tagumisan 谷汲山) in the middle of what is now Gifu 岐阜 prefecture.