My reply, sent to the lady before departure, out of thanks for her consideration.
心にもあらぬ別れを筥潟のいそぐをかつはうらみつるかな
| kokoro ni mo aranu wakare wo hakokata no isogu wo katu Fa uramituru kana |
Deep within my heart This parting does not lie, yet To Hakokata’s Stony shore to be hastened is another Cause for sorrow! |
From the lady in the Sen’yōden, with some traveling clothes.
見ぬほどのかたみに添ふる心あるをあくなとぞおもふ筥潟の磯
| minu Fodo no katami ni soFuru kokoro aru wo aku na to zo omoFu hakokata no iso |
While we cannot meet Let these be a keepsake close By your heart; Open not to other thoughts of me, Boxed by the stony shore of Hakokata. |