A biography for Ono no Komachihasn’t been written yet.
“When my desiregrows too fierceI wear my bed clothesinside out,dark as the night’s rough husk.”
“The color of the flower has faded, while I lost myself in idle thought in this long rain / 花の色は うつりにけりな いたづらに わが身世にふる ながめせし間に”