He went as a messenger to Kasuga, and sent this to a woman promptly on his return.
くればとく行きてかたらむあふ時のとをちのさとのすみうかりしも
| kureba toku yukite kataramu aFu toki no towoti no sato no sumi ukarisi mo |
At sunset, swiftly Will I come to call; When we meet That in far distant Tōchi Life was hard, I will recall… |
[Fujiwara no] Koremasa, The Ichijō Regent
伊尹 一条摂政
(924-972)
A certain man came up to the capital from the East and went to the house of woman with whom he had spoken long before; when she asked why he had come to see her in such haste, he said:
おろかにもおもはましかはあづまぢのふせやといひしのべにねなまし
| oroka ni mo omoFamasikaba adumadi no Fuseya to iFisi nobe ni nenamasi |
Heedlessly Had I thought of you On the Eastern roads, Upon Fuseya Plain would I have rather slept! |
Anonymous
When Major Councillor Asamitsu was still of low rank, he secretly visited a woman’s dwelling, and when he said he would not return home with the dawn, she composed:
岩橋の夜の契も絶えぬべし明くるわびしき葛木の神
| iwabashi no yoru no chigiri mo taenubeshi akuru wabishiki kazuragi no kami |
That bridge of stone Like our night’s vow Cannot endure; With the coming dawn, how sad Is the god of Kazuragi… |
Sakon, Lady Chamberlain to the Crown Prince