When she was taken to Tango by Fujiwara no Yasumasa, she sent this to a man she had been seeing in secret.
我のみや思ひをこせむあぢきなく人はゆくゑも知らぬものゆへ
| ware nomi ya omoFi wokosemu adikinaku Fito Fa yukuwe mo siranu mono yuFe |
Is it only I Who will hold you in my thoughts? How terrible, That you, my destination Should not know at all. |
Izumi Shikibu
和泉式部