Eikyū hyakushu 164

Shade beneath the Trees (樹陰)

秋もまだたちこぬさきに衣手のもりのしたにはほのめきにけり

aki mo mada
tachikonu saki ni
koromode no
mori no shita ni wa
honomekinikeri
When Autumn has not yet
Arisen – just then –
My sleeves
Beneath the forest roof
Have grown dim.

Toshiyori

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