Kinkai wakashū 403

おいらくのかしらの雪をとどめきてはかなのとしや暮れて行くらん

oiraku no
kashira no yuki o
todomekite
hakana no toshi ya
kureteyukuran

Marked by age
Upon my head snow
Lingers—
Does the year as briefly
Fade into twilight?

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Waka Poetry