Eikyū hyakushu 427

Hidden Love

知らじかしいひし出でねばかくばかりしのぶる恋に身をこがすとは

shiraji kashi
iishi ideneba
kaku bakari
shinoburu koi ni
mi o kogasu to wa
Doesn’t he know?
I’ll burst not out in speech, so
As ever
With love’s secret fires
Is my body scorched.

Higo, from the Residence of the Kyōgoku Regent
京極関白家肥後

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