Eikyū hyakushu 698

Monkeys 猿

三度てふ声だにきけばよそ人に物おもひまさるねをぞ嗚くなる

mitabi chō
koe dani kikeba
yosobito ni
mono’omoi masaru
ne o zo nakunaru

When three times
That call I hear,
A stranger in
Deepest depression is
Crying out!

Tadafusa

Waka Poetry