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SKKS XIV: 1332

From the Poetry Contest in 1500 Rounds.

たづねみるつらき心のおくのうみよしほひのかたのいふかひもなし

tazune miru
tsuraki kokoro no
oku no umi
yoshioi no kata no
iukai mo nashi
Should I seek out love
Within her cold heart’s
Depths – as at the sea by Michinoku
In the tidal inlets
There are no shellfish – ’twould be pointless.

Sada’ie
定家