Kinkai wakashū 333

かたしきの袖もこほりぬ冬のよの雨ふりすさむあかつきの空

katashiki no
sode mo kōrinu
fuyu no yo no
ame furisusamu
akatsuki no sora

Her single spread
Sleeve, too, has frozen
As on a winter’s night
A sprinkle of rain falls
From the dawning sky.

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Waka Poetry