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.
So dew would fall through the 
gaps and soak his clothes!!
Por eso, se coló el rocío
y se mojó la ropa.
Então o sereno caía pelo buracos
e encharcava suas roupas!!