Sanekata Shū 148

To another, different, lady:

大堰川ゐせきのつゝむ水なれや今日暮れがたき嘆きをぞする

oFowigaFa
wiseki no tutumu
midu nare ya
keFu kuregataki
nageki wo zo suru

As Ōi River’s
Dam-stopped
Waters am I to be?
Today the sun is slow to set:
A grief, indeed, to me.

Waka Poetry