Kinkai wakashū 406

ちぶさすふまだいとけなきみどりごとともになきぬる年のくれかな

chibusa suu
mada itokenaki
midorigo to
tomo ni nakinuru
toshi no kure kana

Suckling at his mother’s breast,
With a yet innocent
Babe
Do I weep
At the ending of the year!

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Waka Poetry