Composed on the evening of the Seventh Day.
年ごとにあふとはすれどたなばたのぬるよのかずぞすくなかりける
| tosi goto ni aFu to suredo tanabata no nuru yo no kazu zo sukunakarikeru |
Every year She meets him, yet The Weaver Maid’s Nights of passion Are few indeed. |
Ōshikōchi no Mitsune (Fl. 898-922)
凡河内躬恒