tanomeokishi
koyoi wa iki ni
mataremashi
tokorotagae no
fumi mizariseba

This night when he had promised
he would come to visit me,
how long I would have waited
had I not seen his letter,
sent to me, but meant for her.

Lady Daibu, Heian era, Japan.

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