KYS VII: 352

Composed on love at the dawn.

さりともと思ふ限は忍ばれて鳥と共にぞ音は鳴かれける

saritomo to
omoFu kagiri Fa
sinobarete
tori to tomo ni zo
ne Fa nakareru
“Even if it’s so…”
The depth of my love
I will conceal and
Simply with the birds
Cry myself out.

Head of the Department of Shintō [Minamoto no] Akinaka
神祇伯顕仲

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