When a woman I loved asked, on seeing dew upon the plantings before the Night Attendants’ Offices when I was leaving the Palace, ‘Why didn’t you see it with me?’
起きてみば袖のみぬれていたづらに草葉の玉の數やまさらむ
| okite miba sode nomi nurete itadura ni kusaba no tama no kazu ya masaramu |
Had I arisen and gazed, Soaked, indeed would be my sleeves; Would there be a point in The gemlets upon the leaves Increasing, by so much, their numbers? |