On the fifth day of the month, when I had last met her on the second.
逢はぬまのみぎはに生ふるあやめ草ねのみなかるゝ昨日今日かな
| aFanu ma no migiFa ni oFuru ayamegusa ne nomi nakaruru kinoFu keFu kana |
Time is a marsh without you; Sprouting by the water’s edge The sweet flags, Roots washed—in sobs alone Did I pass yesterday, and today, too. |