Tsune’uji-shū 240

Love on seeing again.

見ずもあらず見もせぬ人につげやらんしるべもたのむわがおもひぞと

mizu mo arazu
mi mo senu hito ni
tsugeyaran
shirube mo tanomu
wa ga omoi zo to

Not unseen,
Yet unseen, to a lady
I would reveal myself—
To request directions
For my passion to her!

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