Eikyū hyakushu 649

Old Folk 老人

あさなあさなみれどむかしのかげならで日にそへおいのますかがみかな

asana asana
miredo mukashi no
kage narade
hi ni soe oi no
masukagami kana

Each morn
I look, yet yesterday’s
Face fails to appear, and
With each passing day, old age
Is clear within my mirror!

Tadafusa

Waka Poetry