Kinkai wakashū 352

降りつもる雪ふむいそのはま千どり浪にしをれてよはになくなり

furitsumoru
yuki fumu iso no
hamachidori
nami ni shiorete
yowa ni nakunari

Fallen, piled high,
The snows are trod upon the rocky shore
By plovers on the beach,
Weakened by the waves,
Come their cries at midnight.

352

Waka Poetry