Kinkai wakashū 355

月きよみさ夜更行けばいせしまやいちしのうらに千どりなくなり

tsuki kiyomi
sayo fukeyukeba
iseshima ya
ichishi no ura ni
chidori nakunari

Pure the moon
As brief night wears on
At Ise’s isle—
From the shore at Ichishi
The plovers cry.

355

Waka Poetry