The Tale of Genji is the work of 11th century literature considered by some to be the first novel. And it was the work of one talented Heian lady-in-waiting: Murasaki Shikibu!
"Amid the bamboo, there was a 
single stalk that that shined."
Entre el bambú,
había un brote que brillaba.
Dentre os bambus,
havia um que brilhava.