Sent to a man who had caused her nothing but grief.
白露もゆめもこの世も幻もたとへていはゞ久しかりけり
| sira tuyu mo yume mo kono yo mo maborosi mo tatoFete iFaba Fisasikarikeri |
Silver dewdrops, Dreams, this fleeting world And even illusions: Were I to compare them to our love They would seem eternal. |
Izumi Shikibu
和泉式部