Shirakumo no

I-ho é kakurité

Tō-kédomo,

Yoï-sarazu min

Imo ga atari wa.

[Though she be far-away, and hidden from me by five hundred layers of white cloud, still shall I turn my gaze each night toward the dwelling-place of my younger sister (wife).]

Aki saréba

Kawagiri tatéru

Amanogawa,