Kinkai wakashū 471

いせ島やいちしのあまのすて衣あふことなみに朽ちやはてなん

iseshima ya
ichishi no ama no
sutegoromo
au koto nami ni
kuchi ya hatenan

On Ise Isle
At Ichishi a fisherman has
Abandoned his garb
To the waves—unable to meet
Will I, too, rot away, I wonder?

471

Waka Poetry