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Saigyō hōshi kashū 433

Composed at his hut in the mountains, after becoming a monk.

山里は庭の梢の音待ても世をすさみたる景色なるかな

yamazato wa
niwa no kozue no
oto matemo
yo o susamitaru
keshiki kana
In a mountain dwelling,
From the treetops in the grounds
I await a sound, yet
How awful I feel is the world
Laid before me…

Saigyō
西行