"Aritomite tenihatorarezu mirebamata yukuemoshirazu kieshikagero" (I couldn't catch Kagero (may flies) even though I saw them flying about. When I saw once again, they already disappeared and I couldn't know their destination).
「ありと見て手にはとられず見ればまたゆくへもしらず消えしかげろふ」