KKS XIV: 724

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陸奥のしのぶもぢずり誰ゆへにみだれむと思我ならなくに

mitinoku no
sinobu modizuri
tare yuFe ni
midaremu to omoFu
ware naranaku ni
Distant Michinoku’s
Tangled fern-patterned garb:
For whose sake might it be, that
Secret passion leaves me so distraught?
For it is not mine, I know, so…

The Kawara Minister of the Left

A kuzushiji version of the poem's text.
Created with Soan.

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