Because the current is swift, even though the rapids, blocked by a boulder, are divided, like them, in the end, we will surely meet, I know.
Retired Emperor Sutoku
Translation from Mostow, Joshua S. Pictures of the Heart: The Hyakunin Isshu in Word and Image. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, 1995.
Because the current is swift, even though the rapids, blocked by a boulder, are divided, like them, in the end, we will surely meet, I know.