When one of the ladies of the palace had taken my fan and not returned it:
誰がために惜しき扇のつまならん
| ta ga tame ni osiki aFugi no tumanaran |
For whose sake So heartlessly to my fan Do you cling? |
She replied:
取れかし虎の伏せる野邊かは
| torekasi tora no Fuseru nobe ka Fa |
Come and get it – am I a tigress Lying in her den? |