Composed while gazing at some sweet-flags, which had been planted by her child who had died young.
あやめぐさたれしのべとかうゑおきてよもぎがもとのつゆと消えけん
| ayamegusa tare shinobe to ka ue’okite yomogi ga moto no tsuyu to kieken | These sweet-flags, O, who might recall, I wonder? For you planted them And, among the tangled mugwort roots Seemed to vanish as the dew… |
Kayanoin no Yūshide