To Lady Chujō, on the Seventh Day of the Seventh Month.
返さずは程もこそ經れあふ事をいかに貸すべき今日の暮をば
| kaFesazu Fa Fodo mo koso Fure aFu koto wo ika ni kasubeki keFu no kure wo ba |
Should she not return it, Time would, indeed, pass, Before we could meet again; Why would you lend her Our meeting on this evening? |