Composed when Ki no Tomonori died.
あすしらぬわが身とおもへどくれぬまのけふは人こそかなしかりけれ
asu siranu wa ga mi to omoFedo kurenu ma no keFu Fa Fito koso kanasikarikere |
I may never know the morrow- That may be my fate, but While the daylight lasts Today, for his sake alone Will I grieve. |
Ki no Tsurayuki
紀貫之