From the Poetry Match held during the reign of the Tenryaku Emperor.
しのぶれど色にいでにけりわが恋は物や思ふと人のとふまで
| sinoburedo iro ni idenikeri wa ga koFi Fa mono ya omoFu to Fito no toFu made | I kept it secret, but Passion’s hues will reveal themselves; so Of my love, ‘Is there something on your mind?’ Folk have gone so far to ask… |
Taira no Kanemori
This poem is also included as #40 in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu.