Eikyū hyakushu 106

Pheasants (雉)

あはれしや焼野にもれしみねのわのむら草かくれ雉鳴くなり

awareshi ya
yakeno ni moreshi
mine no wa no
murakusa kakure
kigisu nakunari
O, how sad!
Fled from the fire-burnt fields
Around the peak
Concealed among the clumps of grass
The pheasants are a’crying.

Akinaka

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