Sent to a man who had said he would come, but dawn had broken.
休らひに眞木の戸社はさゝざらめいかに明つる冬の夜ならむ
| yasuraFi ni maki no to koso Fa sasazarame ika ni aketuru Fuyu no yo naramu |
Hesitating My door of cedarwood I did leave unlocked; Yet somehow the crack of dawn Of this winter’s night had arrived. |
Izumi Shikibu
和泉式部