Kei’un Hyakushu 85

Love, broken but still…

種しあれば梢にねざす宿り木のかりそめながらかれぬ中かな

tane shi areba
kozue ni nezasu
yadorigi no
karisome nagara
karenu naka kana
From but a seed
Treetop high extend the roots
Of creepers:
So brief, and yet
Unable to part from my yet unwithered love…

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