When Major Councillor Asamitsu was still of low rank, he secretly visited a woman’s dwelling, and when he said he would not return home with the dawn, she composed:
岩橋の夜の契も絶えぬべし明くるわびしき葛木の神
| iwabashi no yoru no chigiri mo taenubeshi akuru wabishiki kazuragi no kami |
That bridge of stone Like our night’s vow Cannot endure; With the coming dawn, how sad Is the god of Kazuragi… |
Sakon, Lady Chamberlain to the Crown Prince