Eikyū hyakushu 297

Ivy

契ありてはひかかるとも見ゆるかな蔦や木ずゑのいもせなるらむ

chigiri arite
haikakareru tomo
miyuru kana
tsuta ya kozue no
imose naruramu

By fate
Trailing, tangled together
Do they seem!
The ivy and the treetops
Would seem to be espoused!

Minamoto no Toshiyori
源俊頼

Waka Poetry