Composed when sunk in thought after having gone to a mountain retreat for a short while.
なにしかは人も來てみんいとゞしくもの思ひまさる秋の山里
nani si ka Fa Fito mo kite min itodosiku mono’omoFi masaru aki no yamazato |
For what Would folk come visiting? Even deeper Into gloom would fall This mountain hold in Autumn. |
Izumi Shikibu
和泉式部