Waka poems were a popular art form in the Heian period, enough that the famous poet Fujiwara no Sadaie and Emperor Go-Toba sought to put together a selected collection of chosen verses.
As I wait for someone who will never come,
Con la calma del atardecer, espero
a quien no llega en la bahía de Matsuho
Assim como espero por alguém que nunca virá,