When I had gone to the palace of the Former Empress to report that I was to leave for the provinces, Jijū the Handmaid said, while providing me with supplies for the journey:
みちのくにころものせきはたちぬれど
| michinoku ni koromo no seki Fa tatinuredo |
In Michinoku The barrier of garments Will you thread, yet |
And I nimbly concluded:
またあふさかはたのもしきかな
| mata aFusaka Fa tanomosiki kana |
Still, on Meeting Hill is Where I would be. |