[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