Remembering a man from whom she had parted long before, she sent this to him to say that her feelings had not been transient.
年ふれど憂き身はさらに変らじをつらさも同じつらさなるらん
| tosi Furedo ukimi Fa sara ni kawarazi wo turasa mo onazi turasanaruran |
The years have gone by, yet In my desolation still Am I unchanged, but Cruelty is the same As it ever was! |
Tsuchimikado Zen Sai’in Chūjō
土御門前斎院中将