Kinkai wakashū 369

み山にはしら雪ふれりしがらきのまきの杣人道たどるらし

miyama ni wa
shirayuki fureri
shigaraki no
maki no somabito
michi tadorurashi

Deep within the mountains
Snow so white has fallen, that
In Shigaraki
The cedar woodcutter
Must struggle to make his way.

369

Waka Poetry