When the crickets cry in the frosty night, on the cold reed-mat, spreading out my robe just for one, must I sleep all alone?
The Go-kyōgoku Regent and Former Chancellor
Translation from Mostow, Joshua S. Pictures of the Heart: The Hyakunin Isshu in Word and Image. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, 1995.
When the crickets cry in the frosty night, on the cold reed-mat, spreading out my robe just for one, must I sleep all alone?