After Prince Tametaka, Commissioner of the Board of Censors, had died, Prince Atsumichi, Governor-General of Dazai, sent her some orange blossom, and so she sent him this, wondering how she should view the gift:
かをる香によそふるよりは時鳥来かばやおなじ声やしたると
kaworu ka ni yosoFuru yori Fa Fototogisu kikaba ya onazi kowe ya sitaru to
Scenting their fragrance In place of his – rather The cuckoo I would hear, wondering if his call Is just the same…