Kinkai wakashū 474

人しれずおもへばくるしたけくまの松とはまたじまてばすべなし

hito shirezu
omoeba kurushi
takekuma no
matsu to wa mataji
mateba subenashi

Unknown to all
I yearn—how painful!
At Takekuma
A’pine—no I’ll not, for
Awaiting her would have no effect, at all.

474

Waka Poetry