Eikyū hyakushu 610

Felicitations 賀

つきもせぬ君がよはひはいくちよとかぎれる竹の枝にやあるらん

tsuki mo senu
kimi ga yowai wa
iku chiyo to
kagireru take no
eda ni ya aruran

Inexhaustible is
My Lord’s age:
How many thousand generations
Limit it – a bamboo
Branch might know!

Daishin

Waka Poetry