Sanekata Shū 86

When the same lady once failed to appear, pretending to be away and saying she had gone to her estates, I went to the palace; the following morning the lady sent to me, saying:

天の戸をさしてこゝにと思ひせばあくるもまたず歸らましやは

ama no to wo
sasite koko ni to
omoFiseba
akuru mo matazu
kaFeramasi ya Fa
If within the Gate of Heaven
To peer from here
Had been your wish,
Should you really have failed to bide ’til dawn
And returned home?

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