Composed at a time when she was thinking the world was not as it had always been.
忍ぶべきひともなき身はある折にあはれあはれといひや置かまし
| sinobubeki Fito mo naki mi Fa aru wori ni aFareaFare to iFi ya wokamasi |
To think fondly of me when I’m gone I have no one at all; In my remaining time, To bemoan my lot Is that all for me to do? |
Izumi Shikibu
和泉式部