Kinkai wakashū 491

君により我とはなしにすまのうらにもしほたれつつ年のへぬらん

kimi ni yori
ware to wa nashi ni
suma no ura ni
moshio taretsutsu
toshi o henuran

Do you, my lady,
Know not that I
Upon Suma’s shore
Like saltweed, ever dripping,
Pass my years?

491

Waka Poetry