Kei’un Hyakushu 29

Lanterns.

かひなしやいく夜もえてもさを鹿にあはぬ火串のむなし煙は

kainashi ya
iku yo moetemo
saoshika ni
awanu hogushi no
munashi kemuri wa
How pointless!
Ablaze for many nights, yet
A stag
Attracting not, hunting torches
In moments turn to smoke.

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