A poem composed by Yakamochi after the new moon, grieving over the autumn wind.
うつせみの世は常なしと知るものを秋風寒み偲ひつるかも
| utusemi nö yö pa tune nasi tö siru monö wo aki kaze samumi sinopituru ka mo |
This world Does not go on forever- Men know it, yet With the chilly autumn wind How I feel it now. |