When a man who was Assistant Governor of Kii ceased to come to call, she sent this to the man’s elder sister to say how heartless this was and the sister sent this in reply, to say how she sympathized.
紀伊国の名草の浜は君なれや事のいふかひ有と聞きつる
ki no kuni no nagusa no Fama Fa kimi nare ya koto no iFukaFi ari to kikituru
In the land of Ki Might consolation upon Nagusa Beach You find A shell? Saying it has some point Or so I have heard.
ama no karu
mirume o nami ni
magaetsutsu
nagusa no hama o
tazune wabinuru
The fisher-folk harvest
Algae from the waves-avoiding others eyes
I roam-sometimes lost to view;
To the beach at Nagusa-what is your name?
I ask-I pay a call, in my sorrow.
Master of the Dowager Empress’ Household Office Toshinari
藤原俊成