SIS XII: 701

なき事をいはれの池のうきぬなはくるしき物は世にこそ有りけれ

naki koto wo
iFare no ike no
ukinunaFa
kurusiki mono Fa
yo ni koso arikere

Untruths
Told as at Iware Pond
Floating water-shields
Twine—how filled with pain
Is this world!

Anonymous

Waka Poetry