kono tsuki-goro mo

ari katemashi wo.

Asakamino 1

omohi midarete

kaku bakari

nane ga kofure so

ime ni miyekeru. 5

1 though ’tis not as though I went to the Eternal Land, yet on parting with thee at the door overcome with grief was I, &c.

14 as ’tis of no avail to love thee.

17 ari katemashi wo = ari-katai koto kana!