Eikyū hyakushu 357

Imperial Visits to the Fields

はしたかもけふの御幸に心ありてふるまふすずの音ぞきこゆる

hashitaka mo
kyō no miyuki ni
kokoro arite
furumau susu no
oto zo kikoyuru

The sparrowhawk
Of today’s imperial visit
Is aware:
The jingling of his jesses
Is a sound I hear!

Daishin

Waka Poetry