Eikyū hyakushu 182

Summer Insects (夏虫)

なにごとをいとかくばかり夏虫のおもひあまりて身をこがすらん

nanigoto o
ito kaku bakari
natsumushi no
omoiamarite
mi o kogasuran

What is it that
So simply
The summer insects
Does drive to desperation, and
Seem to set their flesh to smouldering?

Daishin

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