Definition of 文はやりたし書く手は持たぬ (ふみはやりたしかくてはもたぬ)

ふみ

文はやりたし書く手は持たぬ

ふみはやりたしかくてはもたぬ

fumihayaritashikakutehamotanu

expression
I want to send a (love) letter but I cannot write(set phrase said in lamentation)
Other readings:
文は遣りたし書く手は持たぬ【ふみはやりたしかくてはもたぬ】
Related Kanji
sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)
write
hand
hold, have
dispatch, despatch, send, give, donate, do, undertake