Eikyū hyakushu 588

Dwarf Bamboo 小篠

露しげきをざさが原を分けゆけば衣のすそになびくしら玉

tsuyu shigeki
ozasa ga hara o
wakeyukeba
koromo no suso ni
nabiku shiratama

Drenched with dew is
This grove of dwarf bamboo through which
I forge my way, so
My garment’s hems
Trail white gemlets.

Higo

Waka Poetry