Composed on the conception of love that is unrequited despite one’s prayers, when composing ten poems on love at the residence of Supernumerary Middle Councillor Toshitada.
うかりける人を初瀬の山颪よはけしかれとはいのらぬものを
| ukarikeru Fito wo Fatuse no yama’orosi yo Fagesikare to Fa inoranu mono wo |
A heartless Woman is as Hatsuse’s Mountain winds, Raging in the night, they say, and As unmoved by prayer… |
Minamoto no Shunrai