Kinkai wakashū 551

草ふかみさしもあれたる宿なるを露をかたみに尋ねこしかな

kusa fukami
sashimo aretaru
yado naru o
tsuyu no katami ni
tazunekoshi kana

Deep the grasses, and
Truly ruined has
The house become, so
Dewdrops are the only keepsakes
I can call upon here!

551

Waka Poetry