In the Eighth Month, sent to a woman with whom he had conversed since spring, saying she would meet him around autumn time.
待てといひし秋もなかばになりぬるを頼めかおきし露はいかにぞ
| mate to iisi aki mo nakaba ni narinuru wo tanome ka okisi tuyu Fa ika ni zo |
‘Just wait!’ you said and In the heart of autumn Are we now, but Your pledge and the fallen Dew – what has become of them? |
Lord Ōnakatomi no Yoshinobu