SKKS IV: 313

From the Tsukinami folding screen of the Engi Period (901- 923).

おほぞらをわれもながめてひこぼしのつまゝつよさへひとりかもねん

ōzora o
ware mo nagamete
hikoboshi no
tsuma matsu yo sae
hitori ka mo nen
On the heavens
I, too, turn my gaze,
As does the Herd Boy:
Until the night he awaits his bride
Must I sleep alone?

Ki no Tsurayuki
紀貫之

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