Eikyū hyakushu 180

Summer Insects (夏虫)

くさむらにすむ夏虫は去年の秋くちし下葉のなるにや有るらん

kusamura ni
sumu natsumushi wa
kozo no aki
kuchishi shitaba no
naru ni ya aruran
In clumps of grass
Do dwell the summer insects:
The autumn of yesteryear’s
Withered underleaves
Will they truly become?

Kanemasa

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