SIS XII: 757

When converting the Man’yōshū to Japanese.

思ふらむ心の内をしらぬ身はしぬばかりにもあらじとぞ思ふ

omoFuramu
kokoro no uti wo
siranu mi Fa
sinu bakari ni mo
arazi to zo omoFu
I seem to feel
The secrets of your heart
I cannot know
So all that is left for me is to die
Is it not, I feel…

Minamoto no Shitagō

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