Kinkai wakashū 493

すみよしの松とせしまに年もへぬちぎのかたそぎ行きあはずして

sumiyoshi no
matsu to seshi ma ni
toshi mo henu
chigi no katasogi
yuki’awazushite

At Sumiyoshi
Have I pined, while
The years have passed;
As the ridge-poles on the shrine,
Never meeting…

493

Waka Poetry