Kinkai wakashū 340

The moon above a lake in winter.

ひらの山やま風さむみからさきやにほの水うみ月ぞこほれる

hira no yama
yamakaze samumi
karasaki ya
nio no mizu’umi
tsuki zo koboreru

Hira Mountain’s
Mountain breezes are so cold, as
In Karasaki,
The lake of grebes
Overflows with moonlight.

340

Waka Poetry