Kinkai wakashū 351

Plovers

夕づくよさほの河風身にしみて袖より過ぐる千どり鳴くなり

yūzukuyo
sao no kawakaze
mi ni shimite
sode yori suguru
chidori nakunari

On a moonlit evening
The wind from off the River Sao
Pierces my flesh
Passing o’er my sleeves
Carrying the plovers’ cries.

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Waka Poetry