Sankashū 481

On seeing attractive-looking ivy on a  crude house.

思はずによしある賤の栖かな蔦の紅葉を軒に這はせて

omowazu ni
yoshi aru shizu no
sumika kana
tsuta no momiji o
noki ni hawasete
Unexpectedly
Pleasant is this peasant’s
Dwelling place!
With scarlet ivy
Trailing across its eaves…

Saigyō
西行

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