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KKS XII: 571

A poem from the Poetry Contest held by the Empress Dowager during the Reign of the Kanpyō Emperor.

恋しきに侘びてたましひまどひなば空しきからの名にやのこらむ

koFisiki ni
wabite tamasiFi
madoFinaba
munasiki kara no
na ni ya nokoramu
If, for love of you and
Suffering, my soul
Should wander in confusion,
As an empty husk—
Would that be my reputation?

Anonymous