Kinkai wakashū 552

忍ぐさしのびしのびに置く露を人こそとはねやどはふりにき

shinobugusa
shinobishinobi ni
oku tsuyu o
hito koso towane
yado wa furiniki

Upon the ferns,
Secretly, so secretly,
Fall dewdrops, where
He never calls
My house has grown so old.

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Waka Poetry