Kinkai wakashū 525

Love and Clouds.

しら雲のきえはきえなでなにしかもたつたの山の名のみたつらん

shirakumo no
kie wa kienade
nani shika mo
tatsuta no yama no
na nomi tatsuran

The clouds, so white, are
On the point of vanishing,
So why,
From Tatsuta Mountain
Should such rumours arise?

525

Waka Poetry