Eikyū hyakushu 330

Crickets 蛬

露すがるをざさが下のきりぎりすみだれてかかるねをや鳴くらん

tsuyu sugaru
ozasa ga shita no
kirigirisu
midarete kakaru
ne o ya nakuran

Dewdrops all dried from
Broad-leaved bamboo, where beneath
Do the crickets
Caught up in confusion
Cry out their songs?

Akinaka

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