Kinkai wakashū 633

Plovers before the moon.

玉つしま和歌の松ばら夢にだにまだみぬ月に千どり鳴くなり

tamatsushima
waka no matsubara
yume ni dani
minu tsuki ni
chidori naku nari

Tamatsu Isle’s
Pine groves at Waka:
Not even in my dreams
Have I seen such a moon
With the plovers calling.

633

Waka Poetry