[Hikoboshi and Tanabata-tsumé are to meet each other to-night;—ye waves of the River of Heaven, take heed that ye do not rise!]
Aki-kazé no
Fuki tadayowasu
Shirakumo wa,
Tanabata-tsumé no
Amatsu hiré kamo?
[Oh! that white cloud driven by the autumn-wind—can it be the heavenly hiré[21] of Tana-bata-tsumé?]
Shiba-shiba mo
Ai minu kimi wo,