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Kimi ga tame Oshikarazarishi Inochi sae Nagaku mogana to Omoi keru kana. DEATH had no terrors, Life no joys, Before I met with thee; But now I fear, however long My life may chance to be, ’Twill be too short for me! Yoshitaka died in the year 974. See verse No. 18 for a note of the Fujiwara family.
Source: Internet Sacred Text Archive, file shi/hvj/hvj051.htm.
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