yoso ni nomi mite ya wa koFimu kurenawi no suetumuFana no iro ni idezu Fa
Simply from a distance Have I glimpsed you, and yearned, Though scarlet Safflower Hues I have not shown…[i]
[i] See: Topic unknown. 人しれずおもへばくるし紅のすゑつむ花のいろにいでなむ hito shirezu / omoeba kurushi / kurenai no / suetsumuhana no . iro ni idenamu ‘Unknown to all / Are my feelings; what pain! / Scarlet / As the safflower / Would I show my love.’ Anonymous (Kokinshū XI: 496)
