Translation from Mostow, Joshua S. Pictures of the Heart: The Hyakunin Isshu in Word and Image. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, 1995.

Can I even say "I love you this much"? – No, and so you do not know of it anymore than of the sashimo grasses of Ibuki, my burning love for you!

Lord Fujiwara no Sanekata