[To the opposite bank one might easily fling a pebble; yet, being separated from him by the River of Heaven, alas! to hope for a meeting (except in autumn) is utterly useless.]
Aki-kazé no
Fukinishi hi yori
"Itsushika" to—;
Waga machi koîshi
Kimi zo kimaséru.
[From the day that the autumn wind began to blow (I kept saying to myself), "Ah! when shall we meet?"—but now my beloved, for whom I waited and longed, has come indeed!]
Amanogawa
Ito kawa-nami wa
Tatanédomo,