A man whom she was seeing in secret, came to see her on a night when it was raining, and said he had to return home on account of being wet; so, she composed the following.
かばかりに忍ぶる雨を人とはゞ何にぬれたる袖といふらむ
| kabakari ni sinoburu ame wo Fito toFaba nani ni nuretaru sode to iFuramu |
So many Secrets in this rain; If folk should ask What has wet My sleeves, what should I say? |
Izumi Shikibu
和泉式部