On a night when the moon was shining brightly, someone captured some fireflies and sent them to her; she replied to say that ‘the rain was falling’.
おもひあらばこよひのそらはとひてまし見えしや月のひかりなりけん
| omoi araba koyoi no sora wa toitemashi mieshi ya tsuki no hikari nariken |
Had you a thought for me, This evening to the sky I would that your enquiries had flown; Perhaps, what I have seen is but the moon Light? |
Izumi Shikibu
和泉式部