曉と何か言ひけむ別るれば夜ゐもいとこそわびしかりけれ

akatuki to
nani ka iFikemu
wakarureba
yowi mo ito koso
wabisikarikere

About the dawn,
What can I say?
But parting
At night is far more
Painful.

  – Tsurayuki 貫之

Art by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi