Sayasaya ikō 1493

Love and Waterfalls

山河の滝ははやくもおもほえず恋の涙ぞおちまさりける

yamakawa no
taki wa hayaku mo
omohoezu
koi no namida zo
ochimasarikeru

A mountain river’s
Waterfall flows swift
Wouldn’t you think, but
The tears of my love
Faster fall by far.

Kinoshita Takafumi

Waka Poetry