When Tachibana no Tadamoto had been seeing someone’s daughter in secret, he sent this to her to tell her he was going far away.
忘るなよほどは雲居になりぬとも空行く月のめぐりあふまで
| wasuru na yo hodo wa kumoi ni narinu tomo sora yuku tsuki no meguri au made |
Forget me not! For though the heavens’ span May part us As the sky-bound moon Circles we shall meet again. |
Tachibana no Tadamoto
This poem also appears in Tales of Ise #11.