Sanekata Shū 312

Dew upon the chrysanthemums.

おぼつかな籬の菊やいかならむ露にをかせてものをこそ思へ

obutuka na
magaki no kiku ya
ika naramu
tuyu ni wokasete
mono wo koso omoFe
How worrying!
The chrysanthemums by yon lattice fence:
What has befallen them?
Covered with dewdrops,
They seem truly sunk in gloomy thoughts.

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