Composed for Fujiwara no Miyoshi’s sixtieth birthday.
鶴龜もちとせののちはしらなくにあかぬ心にまかせはててむ
| turu kame mo titose no noti Fa siranaku ni akanu kokoro ni makaseFatetemu |
The tortoise and the crane After the passage of a thousand years Meet I know not what, yet with All the longing of my heart, That is what I wish for you. |
Ariwara no Shigeharu
Some people say this poem was composed by Ariwara no Tokiharu.