In volume 10 of the "Manyo-shu," some waka poems related to tanabata were compiled including a spring poem 2080 ("We can meet tonight since today is tanabata. From tommorow, however, we have to wait for an another year. A year is long").
また、『万葉集』卷10春雜歌2080（「織女之今夜相奈婆如常明日乎阻而年者将長」）たなばたの今夜あひなばつねのごと明日をへだてて年は長けむなど七夕に纏わる歌が存在する。