When the Kōshin Rite was carried out upon the Seventh Day of the Seventh Month, and the courtiers were composing poems.
たなばたの緒にぬくたまもわがごとや夜半にをきゐて衣かすらむ
| tanabata no o ni nuku tama mo wa ga goto ya yoFa ni wokiwite koromo kasuramu |
For the Seventh Day of the Seventh Month, Gems are strung on thread; One such as I, Risen in the depths of night, Might have clothes sodden by such an offering… |