Composed as a love poem when a hundred poem sequence was presented to former Emperor Sutoku.
恋をのみ菅田の池に水草ゐてすまでやみなむ名こそ惜しけれ
| koFi wo nomi sugata no ike ni mikusa wite sumade yaminamu na koso woshikere |
Our love is simply Form – Sugata Pond Fills with waterweed, and Grows stagnant – such an ending Leaves only regret… |
Ikuhōmon’in no Aki
郁芳門院安芸
This poem is also Kyūan hyakushu 1266.