On the seventh day, saying that the Supernumerary Minor Captain was particularly skilled in such matters, a number of courtiers had composed poems in advance.

おもひ侘びしなんとなしに歎くらん後世にしもあはじものゆゑ

omoiwabi shinan to nashi ni nagekuran nochi no yo ni shi mo awaji mono yue

Sunk in sorrowful thought I am not, yet I seem to grieve, for In the days to come We’ll have no cause to meet…

Kunizane
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Is it really so dreadfully sad that something has long continued until now, without thinking the above?