"Make that heartless woman, O mountain storm of Hatsuse Temple – crueller still!" – this is not what I prayed for, and yet…
Lord Minamoto no Toshiyori
Translation from Mostow, Joshua S. Pictures of the Heart: The Hyakunin Isshu in Word and Image. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, 1995.
"Make that heartless woman, O mountain storm of Hatsuse Temple – crueller still!" – this is not what I prayed for, and yet…