Kinkai wakashū 540

雲がくれ鳴きてゆくなる初雁のはつかにみてぞ人はこひしき

kumogakure
nakiteyuku naru
hatsukari no
hatsuka ni mite zo
hito wa koishiki

Hidden in the clouds,
Crying, goes
The first goose,
Faintly glimpsed and yet
I do love her so.

540

Waka Poetry