Kinkai wakashū 439

あし曳の山にすむてふ山がつの心もしらぬこひもするかな

ashihiki no
yama ni sumu chō
yamagatsu no
kokoro mo shiranu
koi mo suru kana

In the leg-wearying
Mountains dwells, they say,
A wild woodcutter—
His heart I know not, yet
He loves, as do I!

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Waka Poetry