Kinkai wakashū 472

あづまぢの道のおくなるしら川のせきあへぬ袖をもる涙かな

azumaji no
michi no okunaru
shirakawa no
seki aenu sode o
moru namida kana

On Eastern roads,
On ways into the heartlands lies
Shirakawa’s
Barrier—unable to match it my sleeves
Are soaked with tears!

472

Waka Poetry