Even the life that I'd not have been sorry to lose just to meet you once, now, having met, I think: "I want it to last forever!"
Fujiwara no Yoshitaka
Translation from Mostow, Joshua S. Pictures of the Heart: The Hyakunin Isshu in Word and Image. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, 1995.
Even the life that I'd not have been sorry to lose just to meet you once, now, having met, I think: "I want it to last forever!"