A poem composed by the Maiden of Yosami, the wife of Hitomaro, Lord Kakinomoto, when she parted from him.

な思ひと君は言えども逢はむ時いつと知りてか我が恋ひざらむ

na omopi to kimi pa ipedomo apamu toki itu to sirite ka wa ga kopizaramu

‘Think not of me,’ You say, my Lord, yet When will we meet again? Wondering that, could I live without love?

The Maiden of Yosami
依羅娘子