Though I'd have preferred to have gone off to bed without hesitating, the night deepened and I watched the moon till it set!
Akazome Emon
Translation from Mostow, Joshua S. Pictures of the Heart: The Hyakunin Isshu in Word and Image. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, 1995.
Though I'd have preferred to have gone off to bed without hesitating, the night deepened and I watched the moon till it set!