Eikyū hyakushu 323

Bell Crickets 鈴虫

すずむしの声をすずかと聞くからに草とるたかぞ思ひしらるる

suzumushi no
koe o suzu ka to
kiku kara ni
kusa toru taka zo
omoishiraruru

Is the bell crickets’
Cry a chime, I wonder
Hearing them, and
A hawk hunting ‘mong the grasses
Comes to mind.

Akinaka

Waka Poetry