Kinkai wakashū 343

On frost forming in the moonlight.

月影のしろきをみればかささぎのわたせるはしに霜ぞ置きける

tsukikage no
shiroki o mireba
kasasagi no
wataseru hashi ni
shimo zo okikeru

When the moonlight,
White, I see,
Upon the magpie
Crossed bridge
Frost has fallen!

343

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