Eikyū hyakushu 142

Summer Grasses (夏草)

くだら野のちがやが下のひめゆりのね所人にしられぬぞうき

kudarano no
chigaya ga shita no
himeyuri no
nedokoro hito ni
shirarenu zo uki
On Kudara meadow,
Beneath the cogon grass, is where
A scarlet lily
Makes her bed – that no one
Is aware is sad, indeed!

Nakazane

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