Composed when a man denied it was so, after she had sent him a reply in which she said how much she hated him for sending a letter to another woman.
空になる人の心はさゝ蟹のいかにけふ又かくてくらさむ
| sora ni naru Fito no kokoro Fa sasagani no ika ni keFu mata kakute kurasamu |
An airy Man’s heart is as A spider’s Web; how should I today Pass my time? |
Izumi Shikibu
和泉式部