Poem 53 - Lying all alone moaning the fact that you are not coming, do you realize the emptiness of that night till the daylight comes ("Shui Waka Shu" [Collection of Gleanings], Koiuta [lovers poetry] Part Four, poem 912). 53番 なげきつつ ひとりぬる夜の あくるまは いかに久しき ものとかはしる (「拾遺和歌集」恋四・912) |