Eikyū hyakushu 596

Waterweed 萍

うき草のうき世の中としりながらのがれもやらぬ我ぞかなしき

ukikusa no
ukiyo no naka to
shirinagara
nogare mo yaranu
ware zo kanashiki

A waterweed
This cruel, transient world
Knows well;
With no way to escape it,
Sunk in sadness am I…

Daishin

Waka Poetry