Kinkai wakashū 534

Love and Silver-grass.

まつ人はこぬものゆゑに花すすきほに出でてねたき恋もするかな

matsu hito wa
konu mono yue ni
hanasusuki
ho ni idete netaki
koi mo suru kana

The man I am awaiting
Has failed to come, so
As the silver-grass
Fronds emerge, jealously
Will I love on!

534

Waka Poetry