Eikyū hyakushu 624

Sages’ Dwellings 仙宮

古郷はいかになりにしをののえのくつるもしらず年のへぬれば

furusato wa
ika ni narinishi
ono no e no
kutsuru mo shirazu
toshi no henureba

My home,
O, what has become of it?
My axe handle
Rotting, I noticed not, and
So the years passed by…

Daishin

Waka Poetry