But we promised! while wringing out the tears from each other's sleeves, that never would the waves wash over Sue-no-Matsu Mountain.
Kiyohara no Motosuke
Translation from Mostow, Joshua S. Pictures of the Heart: The Hyakunin Isshu in Word and Image. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, 1995.
But we promised! while wringing out the tears from each other's sleeves, that never would the waves wash over Sue-no-Matsu Mountain.