Eikyū hyakushu 678

Flutes 笛

波の音にたぐへてぞ聞く住の江の汀にて吹くこま笛の声

nami no oto
taguete zo kiku
suminoe no
migiwa nite fuku
komabue no koe

The sound of waves
Blended, do I hear,
At Suminoe
By the water’s edge, with
The notes of a foreign flute.

Kanemasa

Waka Poetry