Eikyū hyakushu 102

Azaleas (躑躅)

風ふかでなみのをるやとみるまでにいそつづきさくしらつつじかな

kaze fukade
nami no oru ya to
miru made ni
iso tsuzuki saku
shiratsutsuji kana
The wind blows not, so
Perhaps, ‘tis the waves that weave them –
Or so it does ever seem,
Blooming all along the rocky shore are
White azaleas!

Takafusa

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