Kinkai wakashū 624

八幡山木だかき松にゐるたづのはね白妙にみ雪ふるらし

yahatayama
kodakaki matsu ni
iru tazu no
hane shirotae ni
miyuki fururashi

On Yahata Mountain’s
Pines, so tall,
Rest cranes with
Wings white as mulberry cloth
Seeming dusted with fallen snow.

624

Waka Poetry