English poem
Poem 41 (1Koi su tefu…)
by Mibu no Tadami (1000–1000)
1Koi su tefu Waga na wa madaki 1Tachi ni keri Hito shirezu koso Omoi-someshi ga. ur courtship, that we tried to hide, 1Misleading is to none; And yet how could the neighbours guess, 1That I had yet begun 1To fancy any one?