KKS XVIII: 965

Composed when he had lost his office.

ありはてぬいのちまつまの程ばかりうきことしげくおもはずもがな

ariFatenu
inoti matu ma no
Fodo bakari
uki koto sigeku
omoFazu mogana
To reach the very end of
Life—awaiting that
I spend my time, but simply
Upon its flourishing cruelties
I wish I did not have to dwell!

Taira no Sadafun

A kuzushiji version of the poem's text.
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