Kinkai wakashū 573

Evening dew on a journey.

つゆしげみならはぬ野べのかり衣比しもかなし秋の夕ぐれ

tsuyu shigemi
narawanu nobe no
karigoromo
koro shimo kanashi
aki no yūgure

So heavy the dew
On this unknown plain, that
My hunting garb
Bears for a time, the sadness
Of an autumn evening…

573

Waka Poetry