Kinkai wakashū 417

さ夜更けてかりのつばさに置く露のきえても物は思ふかぎりを

sayo fukete
kari no tsubasa ni
oku tsuyu no
kietemo mono wa
omou kagiri o

Brief night wears on, and
Upon goose wings
Fall dewdrops,
Vanishing, yet gloom
Fills all of my thoughts…

417

Waka Poetry