Composed on hearing the cries of the geese.
うき事を思ひつらねてかりがねのなきこそわたれ秋のよなよな
uki koto wo omoFituranete kari ga ne no naki koso watare aki no yonayona |
Downcast thoughts Flow on and on, and The goose calls Crying, drifting across, Autumn night after night. |
Ōshikōchi no Mitsune (Fl. 898-922)
凡河内躬恒