Kinkai wakashū 356

Plovers on a cold night.

風さむみよのふけゆけばいもが島かたみのうらに千鳥なくなり

kaze samumi
yo no fukeyukeba
imogashima
katami no ura ni
chidori nakunari

So chill the wind
As the night wears on
At Imogashima,
On Katami Shore
The plovers cry.

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Waka Poetry