Eikyū hyakushu 166

Shade beneath the Trees (樹陰)

夏川のきしの柳の葉をしげみなみも木かげによるにぞ有りける

natsukawa no
kishi no yanagi no
ha o shigemi
nami mo kokage ni
yoru ni zo arikeru
By a river in Summer
Upon the bank the willow’s
Leaves grow lush;
The waves, too, the branches’ shade
Do seek.

Kanemasa

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