A poem from the Poetry Contest held by the Tōin Empress.
ひとたびもこひしとおもふにくるしきはこころぞちぢにくだくべらなる
| hitotabi mo koishi to omou ni kurushiki wa kokoro zo chiji ni kudakuberanaru | Briefly Did I love you, I feel, then The pain My heart a thousand, thousandfold Did surely shatter. |
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