Kinkai wakashū 518

まてとしもたのめぬ人の葛の葉もあだなる風をうらみやはせぬ

mate to shimo
tanomenu hito no
kuzu no ha mo
ada naru kaze o
urami ya wa senu

‘Wait for me!’ such words
From him I cannot expect:
An arrowroot leaf
The faithless wind
Will despise, will it not?

518

Waka Poetry