Sent to a man who each night said he would come, but did not.
今宵さへあらばかくこそ思ほえめけふ暮れぬ閒の命共がな
| koyoFi saFe araba kaku koso omoFoeme keFu kurenu ma no inoti tomo gana |
If through tonight I live, only the same Feelings will I have; By this day’s dusk I would my life were done! |
Izumi Shikibu
和泉式部