Mikomori-gusa no

Aki-kazé ni

Nabikafu miréba,

Toki kitarurashi.

[When I see the water-grasses of the River of Heaven bend in the autumn wind (I think to myself): "The time (for our meeting) seems to have come."]

Waga séko ni

Ura-koi oréba,

Amanogawa

Yo-funé kogi-toyomu

Kaji no 'to kikoyu.