Composed when the Major Captain, perhaps bearing some ill will against me for something and not seeing me for a while, sent to me saying, ‘Why not come over to the Shirakawa estate?’
白川にさそふ水だになかりせば心もゆかずおもはましやは
| sirakawa ni sasoFu midu dani nakariseba kokoro mo yukazu omoFamasi ya Fa |
Had to Shirakawa Inviting waters Not come, Suffering Would have remained rooted in my heart. |