When a woman he had been conversing with turned cold, after he was unable to meet her.
あはれともいふべき人はおもほえで身のいたづらになりぬべきかな
| aFare to mo iFubeki Fito Fa omoFoede mi no itadura ni narinubeki kana | ‘That’s sad…’— Someone to say it: There’s none I can recall, so My death, That’s how it will be![i] |
The Ichijō Regent
[i] Also Ogura hyakunin isshu 45.