In the summer, he sent this to his daughter, the Fifth Imperial Princess, attached to some lingering yellowed oak leaves.

時ならでははその紅葉ちりにけりいかにこのもとさびしかるらん

toki narade FaFaso no momidi tirinikeri ika ni ko no moto sabisikaruran

‘Tis not the season, but The oaks’ leaves have yellowed and Scattered; Beneath the trunks How lonely it must be…

His Majesty, the Tenryaku Emperor