At the court of an emperor (he lived it matters not when)
there was among the many gentlewomen of the Wardrobe and chamber one,
who though she was not of very high rank was favoured far beyond
all the rest.
いづれの御時にか、女御・更衣あまた候ひ給ひける中に、いとやむごとなき際
にはあらぬが、すぐれて時めき給ふありけり。