Composed on the conception of secret love, when His Majesty’s gentlemen presented hundred poem sequences during the reign of former emperor Nijō.

月待つと人にはいひてながむればなぐさめがたきゆふぐれの空

tsuki matsu to hito ni wa iite nagamureba nagusamegatai yūgure no sora

‘I’m waiting for the moon,’ I say to folk, but Gazing out, I find no consolation in The twilight skies.

Minister of Justice Norikane