Kinkai wakashū 396

うちわすれはかなくてのみすぐしきぬあはれとおもへ身につもるとし

uchiwasure
hakanakute nomi
sugushikinu
aware to omoe
mi ni tsumoru toshi

I had forgotten
Just how briefly
All passes by—
Pity me, I beg you,
O, years piling upon me!

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Waka Poetry