Composed in Nara, when an acolyte named Jijū threw away his life in the Izumi River.
何事の深き思ひに泉川そこの玉もと沈み果てけん
| nanigoto no Fukaki omoFi ni idumigaFa soko no tamamoto sidumiFateken |
With what Depth of feeling To Izumi River’s Bed with the gemweed Did you sink at last? |
Bishop Hangen
僧都範玄