SKKS I: 7

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いはまとぢしこほりもけさはとけそめてこけのしたみづみちもとむらん

iwama tojishi
kôri mo kesa wa
tokesomete
koke no shitamizu
michi mo tomuran
Stopping the cracks ‘tween the boulders,
The ice on this morning
Started to melt;
From beneath the mosses, water
Runs in rivulets.

The Monk Saigyō
西行

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