Composed when a man whom she had promised to meet about the 20th of the month said it was a long time to wait.
君はまだ知らざりけりな秋の夜の木の閒の月は廿日にぞ見る
| kimi Fa mada sirazarikeri na aki no yo no ko no ma no tuki Fa Fatuka ni zo miru |
You don’t yet Know it, do you? On an autumn night Between the trees the moon May fleetingly be seen. |
Izumi Shikibu
和泉式部