A further poem, from the same gentleman.

つらさには思ひ絶えなんとおもへどもかなはぬ物はなみだなりけり

tsurasa ni wa omoi’oenan to omoedomo kanawanu mono wa namida narikeri

Your cruelty You might wish to cease, I thought, yet Entirely matchless are My tears.

The Consultant
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In reply.

うけひかぬあまの小船のつなで縄たゆとて何か苦しかるらん

ukehikanu ama no obune no tsunade nawa tayu tote nanika kurushikaruran

You’ll not draw in A fisher-girl’s skiff with A rope that’s Snapped, I think, and what Might be painful about that?

Higo, from the Palace
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