いとどしく頼まるるかな最上川しばしばかりのいなと見つれば
itodoshiku tanomaruru kana mogamigawa shibashi bakari no ina to mitsureba |
O, how I am Beseeched! On Mogami River For just a little while The rice – your refusal – will fill my sight, then… |
Fujiwara no Shigeyuki (? – 995)
藤原相如
This poem is also no. 17 in Shigeyuki’s personal collection, Shigeyuki-shū .