Kinkai wakashū 559

Sent to someone on whom I had relied.

待つよひの更行くだにも有るものを月さへあやなかたぶきにけり

matsu yoi no
fukeyuku dani mo
aru mono o
tsuki sae ayana
katabukinikeri

A night spent waiting
Still wears on, but
Even so,
The hateful moon
Has set.

559

Waka Poetry