When he had been visiting someone for a while, but it had been difficult to meet, he attached this to something and sent it to her:
暮れぬとて寢てゆくべくもあらなくにたどるたどるも歸るまされり
| kurenu tote nete yukubeku mo aranaku ni tadoru tadoru mo kaFeru masareri |
It is dark, yet To go to you and sleep Is not possible, so I wander round and round – Better to go home! |
Ariwara no Narihira
有原業平