[He is coming, my long-desired lord, whom I have been waiting to meet here, on the banks of the River of Heaven.... The moment of loosening my girdle is nigh![7]]
Hisakata no[8]
Ama no kawasé ni,
Funé ukété,
Koyoï ka kimi ga
Agari kimasan?
[Over the Rapids of the Everlasting Heaven, floating in his boat, my lord will doubtless deign to come to me this very night.]
Kazé kumo wa
Futatsu no kishi ni