A poem from the Poetry Contest held by the Empress Dowager during the Reign of the Kanpyō Emperor.

君こふる涙の床にみちぬれば身をつくしとぞ我はなりぬる

kimi koFuru namida no toko ni mitinureba mi wo tukusi to zo ware Fa narinuru

Loving you With tears my bed Has completely filled, so A channel buoy, exhausted, Have I become.

Fujiwara no Okikaze