Eikyū hyakushu 179

Summer Insects (夏虫)

夏虫はおもひにしづむ世の中にうきなからふる身をいかにせん

natsumushi wa
omoi ni shizumu
yo no naka ni
ukinagara furu
mi o ika ni sen

Summer insects:
Submerged in fires of passion
In this mundane world, and
Drifting, growing old
What am I to do?

Tadafusa

Waka Poetry