Kinkai wakashū 482

わたつうみにながれいでたるしかま川しかもたえずやこひわたりなん

wata tsu umi ni
nagare’idetaru
shikamagawa
shika mo taezu ya
koi watarinan

Into the broad sea sweep
Flows out
The River Shikama—
Just as endless will
My love continue on?

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Waka Poetry