Kinkai wakashū 705

On seeing a goose jointed for cooking atop a kitchen counter.

あはれなり雲ゐのよそに行くかりもかかるすがたになりぬとおもへば

aware nari
kumoi no yoso ni
yuku kari mo
kakaru sugata ni
narinu to omoeba
O, how sad it is, that
Even, into the distant clouds
Once going, a goose
In such a state
Has ended, I feel…

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