MYS IV: 588

[One of ] twenty-four poems sent by Lady Kasa to Ōtomo no Yakamochi.

白鳥の鳥羽山松の待ちつつそ我が戀ひわたるこの月ごろを

siratori no
tobayama matu no
matitutu so
a ga kopiwataru
kono tsukigoro wo
As a white dove on
Toba Mountain’s pines
Awaiting:
Have I loved you
These many months…

Lady Kasa

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