たなばたもすずむしのねもこよひこそ心をかくるつまとなりけれ
tanabata mo suzumushi no ne mo koyoi koso kokoro o kakuru tsuma to narikere | The Weaver Maid, too, The bell crickets’ cries, On this night above all Hides within her heart That she is wed. |
Lord Tamechika[1]
[1] Minamoto no Tamechika 源為親 (dates unknown). He was the elder brother of Minamoto no Tamenori源為憲, a minor noble who has one poem in Shūishū (VIII: 464). Tamechika himself reached no further than Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade, and served as Governor of Higo.