In the Tenth Month, when He was in Minase, He sent to Former Archbishop Jien saying He had been ‘soaked by the showers’ or some such; in the Godless Month of the following year, among a great number of undistinguished poems, He sent this.
おもひいづるおりたくしばのゆふけぶりむせぶもうれし忘がたみに
| omoiizuru ori taku shiba no yûkeburi musebu mo ureshi wasuregatami ni |
Remembering her, Snapped kindling Smoke in the evening Chokes me-happy For I can never forget her. |
The Senior Retired Emperor [Gotoba]
後鳥羽