Sent to a lady he had been seeing secretly on the morning after he had returned home, after they had met at a temporary lodging.

かぎりなくむすびおきつる草枕いつこのたびをおもひわすれん

kagirinaku musubi’okitsuru kusamakura itsu kono tabi o omoiwasuren

Beyond all limits were The ties laid down between Our grassy pillows, so When this journey Might we ever be able to forget?

Kentoku-kō