Attached to a sprig of bush clover and sent to someone towards the end of the Eighth Month.
かぎりあらん仲はゝかなくなりぬらん露けき萩の上をだにとへ
| kagiri aran naka Fa Fakanaku narinuran tuyukeki hagi no uFe wo dani toFe |
There comes an end To us-how brief It seems; Dew-drenched, this bush clover: If only you would ask it! |
Izumi Shikibu
和泉式部