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SZS XII: 709

Composed on the conception of differing love, for the same ten poem sequence.

うれしくはのちの心を神もきけひくしめなはのたえじとぞおもふ

uresiku Fa
noti no kokoro wo
kami mo kike
Fiku simenawF no
taezi to zo omoFu
Should it please you,
Let my heart in days to come—
Heed my prayer, O, God—
As a sacred garland strung
I would it prove false never!

Master of the Palace Repairs Office Akisue

A kuzushiji version of the poem's text.
Created with Soan.