A lady, to whom I had sent a cicada shell, wrapped in a lotus leaf:
いづれをかのどけきかたにたのまゝし蓮の露と空蟬の世と
| idure wo ka nodokeki kata ni tanomamasi Fatisu no tuyu to utusemi no yo to |
On which As something that endures Should I rely: Dewdrops upon a lotus, or The cicada shell that is this world? |