She composed this after Koshikibu no Naishi died, to say that she would have a small box she had always kept near her made into a sutra case.
こひわぶときゝにだにきけかねのをとにうちわすらるゝ時のまぞなき
| koiwabu to kiki ni dani kike kane no oto ni uchiwasuraruru toki no ma zo naki |
My fond grief: Listen to it, if you can, When the bell chimes, Struck-I will forget you For not one single moment. |
Izumi Shikibu
和泉式部