In the conception of waiting for love.
君まつとねやへもいらぬまきのとにいたくなふけそ山のはの月
| kimi matsu to neya e mo iranu maki no to ni itaku na fuke so yama no ha no tsuki |
Awaiting you I’ll not enter my bed; Upon my cedarwood door Strike not so hard, O, moonlight from the mountains’ edge. |
Princess Shokushi
式子内親王
Sent to a man who returned home, saying she had been slow to open her gate.
長しとて明ずやはあらむ秋の夜は待てかし槇のと計をだに
| nagasi tote akezu ya Fa aramu aki no yo Fa mate kasi maki no to bakari wo dani |
It lasts long, they say, Without a hint of light, I think? On an Autumn night Wait awhile! Until my cedarwood Door opens, at least! |
Izumi Shikibu
和泉式部
Sent to a man who had said he would come, but dawn had broken.
休らひに眞木の戸社はさゝざらめいかに明つる冬の夜ならむ
| yasuraFi ni maki no to koso Fa sasazarame ika ni aketuru Fuyu no yo naramu |
Hesitating My door of cedarwood I did leave unlocked; Yet somehow the crack of dawn Of this winter’s night had arrived. |
Izumi Shikibu
和泉式部