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.
The roof of the lodge he was using 
one autumn was kind of shoddy...
El techo de una choza que usó
un otoño estaba mal hecho…
O teto do alojamento que ele tava
usando no outono era meio ruim...