土佐の(とさの)任地で(にんちで)幼い(おさない)娘を(むすめを)病気で(びょうきで)亡くし(なくし)、一緒に(いっしょに)都へ(みやこへ)帰れないことへの哀しみ

Always underlying this travel record is a deep, profound sorrow. It was the fact that the author had lost his young daughter to illness while in Tosa. Thinking of his child who could not return to the capital with him, he wrote, 'Rather than the joy of returning to the capital, the sorrow of leaving that child behind is far greater,' composing multiple tearful waka poems dedicated to his deceased daughter.