When His Majesty was yet a prince and had paid a visit to the Toba Palace to converse the Hachijō’in Princess, Her Highness recited, ‘The bamboo has been my friend these many years,’ so His Majesty composed a poem
幾千世とかぎらざりける呉竹や君が齡のたぐひなるらむ
| iku tiyo to kagirazarikeru kuretake ya kimi ga yoFaFi no taguFi naruramu | How many thousand years- Unlimited-lives Chinese bamboo; My Lady’s age Will be of its span, I’d say. |
The Retired Emperor [Goshirakawa]
後白河院