Composed in the conception of Love met at lodgings while travelling, at a poetry competition held at the house of the Regent, when he was Minister of the Right.
難波江の蘆のかりねの一夜ゆへ身をつくしてや戀ひわたるべき
| naniFa e no asi no karine no Fito yo yuFe mi wo tukusite ya koFi watarubeki |
In Naniwa Bay, The cut reeds’ roots (A journey’s night) (So short) and but a single one-for that Will my breast exhaust itself With constant yearning? |
Kōkamon’in no Bettō