Kinkai wakashū 437

もしほやくあまのたく火のほのかにもわがおもふ人を見るよしもがな

moshio yaku
ama no taku hi no
honoka ni mo
wa ga omou hito o
miru yoshi mogana

Burning saltweed,
The fisherfolk kindle fires
So faint, but
The one I yearn
To see—o, had I but a way!

437

Waka Poetry