Sent to the Princess in the fishing pavilion.
筑波嶺の峰より落つるみなの河戀ぞ積もりて淵となりける
| tukubane no mine yori oturu mina no kaFa koFi zo tumorite Futi to narikeru |
From the heights of Tsukuba, Tumbling from the peak, comes The river Mina-man and woman’s flow- Swelling my love Into a deep, still pool. |
Emperor Yōzei (868-949; r. 876-884)