Eikyū hyakushu 143

Summer Grasses (夏草)

ひざかりはかきねがくれに立ちよらでたれを恋草もえたてるらん

izakari wa
kakinegakuri ni
tachiyorade
tare o koigusa
moetateran
The searing summer sun
Cannot the secrets in my brushwood fence
Draw near, so
Who, by loves fiery grasses,
Has been set aflame?

Toshiyori

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