GSIS XI: 657

Composed for the poetry competition held at the residence of the Kokiden Consort in Chōkyū 2 [1141].

戀志なむ命はことの數ならでつれなき人のはてぞゆかしき

koFisinamu
inoti Fa koto no
kazu narade
turenaki Fito no
Fate zo yukasiki
Love
In life is something that
Has no number, but
That cruel one’s
End is what I want!

Eisei

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