On the morning when the messengers departed for the extraordinary Kamo Festival, she sent this to the Principal Wife of the Minister of the Left attached to the flowers used to decorate their hair.
ちはやぶるかもの河辺のふぢなみはかけてわするる時のなきかな
| tiFayaburu kamo no kaFabe no Fudinami Fa kakete wasururu toki no naki kana |
Puissant Kamo’s river shore by Wisteria waves is Washed; forgotten Never will you be! |
Hyōe
兵衛