His reply:
世中にさらぬ別のなくもがな千世もとなげく人のこのため
yo no naka ni saranu wakare no naku mo gana tiyo mo nageku Fito no ko no tame |
In this world of men That final partings Were there none, I wish; Forever is this pain In children’s hearts. |
Ariwara no Narihira
有原業平