Eikyū hyakushu 321

Pine Crickets 松虫

くれにとはたれかたのめし身をつめば人松虫のあはれとぞ思ふ

kure ni to wa
tare ka tanomeshi
mi o tsumeba
hito matsumushi no
aware to zo omou
Trapped in darkness
On whom did I rely?
When clinging on with longing,
Pining for him, the crickets’
Sorrow is all I feel.

Higo

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