Horikawa hyakushu 1107

なに事を待つとはなしに明けくれてことしもけふになりにけるかな

nanigoto o
matsu to wa nashi ni
akekurete
kotoshi mo kyō ni
narinikeru kana

What is there
To wait for? Nothing!
Dawn, then dusk and
The new year, too, today
Has come!

Minamoto no Kunizane
源国信

Waka Poetry