Kinkai wakashū 560

小ざさはらおく露さむみ秋されば松虫のねになかぬよぞなき

ozasawara
oku tsuyu samumi
aki sareba
matsumushi no ne ni
nakanu yo zo naki

When, upon the dwarf bamboo grove
The falling dew cold
With autumn has become,
The pine crickets’ cries
Cease on no nights at all…

560

Waka Poetry