English poem
Poem 71 (1Yūsareba…)
by Minamoto no Tsunenobu (1016–1097)
1Yūsareba Kado-da no inaba 1Otozurete Ashi no maroya ni Aki kaze zo fuku. his autumn night the wind blows shrill, 1And would that I could catch Its message, as it whistles through 1The rushes in the thatch 1And leaves of my rice-patch.