Wakan rōeishū III: 153

夏の夜を寝ぬに明けぬと言ひおきし人は物をや思はざりけむ

natu no yo o
nenu ni akenu to
iFiokisi
Fito wa mono wo ya
omoFazarikemu
“On this summer night
I’ll get no sleep before the dawn,”
Was all she said, and
Nothing else
Seemed to touch her thoughts.

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