Do you feel that my soul wanders after you,
Passing across the Barrier?
O ceaseless longing!
When shall you return?
When she was in his neighbourhood he wrote but seldom—gratifying that he should send a letter so far!
The answer:
The way of { meeting
{ Omi [14]
She was thinking that he had quite forgotten—
Who can it be that is coming across the barrier?
You ask when I shall go back—it is as yet uncertain.
On the Mount { Nagara
{ while being
My yearning is towards the { Biwa lake
{ open water
{ Uchi de no Hama
{ The beach of going out
Does not lie towards { Miyako
{ the royal city.
The Prince read her poems and said to the page: "I am sorry to trouble you, but please go once more."
His poem: