しかばかり
契りし中も
かはりける
此世に人を
たのみけるかな

Shika bakari
Chigirishi naka mo
Kawarikeru
Kono yo ni hito o
Tanomikeru kana.

So strong were
Our pledges, yet between us
All has changed;
In this world, in her
Did I put my trust…

-Fujiwara no Teika

Art by Fujiwara no Nobuzane, A portrait of Teika

(Kamakura period)