Kinkai wakashū 413

夏しげき杜のうつせみおのれのみむなしき恋に身をくだくらん

natsu shigeki
mori no utsusemi
onore nomi
munashiki koi ni
mi o kudakuran

In summer’s lush
Sacred groves, a cicada shell
I, alone,
With fleeting love
Have my flesh tormented.

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Waka Poetry