Composed when he had built himself a hut at Meeting Hill, and was watching people go by.
これやこの行くも帰るも別れつつ知るも知らぬも逢坂の関
| kore ya kono yuku mo kaFeru mo wakaretutu siru mo siranu mo aFusaka no seki |
This is truly where Folk leaving and returning Are ever parting; Strangers and friends: Meeting Hill’s barrier. |
Semimaru
蝉丸
This poem is also included as #10 in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshū compiled by Fujiwara no Teika.