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GSIS XII: 669

Sent on returning home from a woman’s residence.

君がためをしからざりしいのちさへながくもがなとおもひけるかな

kimi ga tame
wosikarazarisi
inoti saFe
nagaku mogana to
omoFikeru kana
For your sake, my love,
I would not have regretted
Even my life, but
O, to live long
With you in my passionate heart!

Minor Captain Fujiwara no Yoshitaka

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