Eikyū hyakushu 333

Crickets 蛬

ひとりすむよもぎが宿に秋きてはきりぎりすこそ友に鳴きけれ

hitori sumu
yomogi ga yado ni
aki kite wa
kirigirisu koso
tomo ni nakikere

Living all alone
In a house among the tangled mugwort,
Autumn comes and
It is the crickets who
Companionably cry with me.

Tadafusa

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