Kinkai wakashū 305

年ごとに秋のわかれはあまたあれどけふのくるるぞわびしかりける

toshi goto ni
aki no wakare wa
amata aredo
kyō no kururu zo
wabishikarikeru

In very single year
From autumn do I part—
So many times I’ve done it, yet
As today darkens into dusk
I am filled with lonely sorrow.

Waka Poetry