Ai mi-domo,
Omoi-sugu-béki
Koi naranaku ni.
[Though for a myriad ages we should remain hand-in-hand and face to face, our exceeding love could never come to an end. (Why then should Heaven deem it necessary to part us?)]
Waga tamé to,
Tanabata-tsumé no,
Sono yado ni,
Oreru shirotai
Nuït ken kamo?
[The white cloth which Tanabata has woven for my sake, in that dwelling of hers, is now, I think, being made into a robe for me.]