Kinkai wakashū 510

Love in the winter

庭のおもにしげりにけらし八重葎とはでいくよの秋かへぬらん

niwa no omo ni
shigerinikerashi
yaemugura
towade ikuyo no aki
kaenuran
All around my grounds
How thickly seems to have grown
Mugwort in layer after tangled layer;
With no visits from him how many times
Has autumn come round and round?

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