When in Tango province, composed on hearing a stag call in the night after [her husband, Fujiwara no] Yasumasa had said he was going hunting the following day.
ことわりやいかでか鹿の鳴かざらむ今宵ばかりの命とおもへば
| kotowari ya ikade ka sika no nakazaramu koyoFi bakari no inoti to omoFeba |
It seems natural. Why should the stag Not cry? For this night is all His life, he knows. |
Izumi Shikibu
和泉式部