Kinkai wakashū 336

冬ふかみこほりやいたくとぢつらしかげこそみえね山の井の水

fuyu fukami
kōri ya itaku
tojitsurashi
kage koso miene
yama no i no mizu

Deep in winter,
Is it that the ice so savagely
Has sealed it?
Not a hint of a reflection in
The mountain spring’s waters…

336

Waka Poetry