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!