If there were no such thing as ever having met her, then, contrary to all expectations, neither her coldness nor my pain would I have to resent!
Middle Counselor Asatada
Translation from Mostow, Joshua S. Pictures of the Heart: The Hyakunin Isshu in Word and Image. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, 1995.
If there were no such thing as ever having met her, then, contrary to all expectations, neither her coldness nor my pain would I have to resent!