Kinkai wakashū 649

みづがきの久しき世よりゆふだすきかけし心は神ぞしるらん

mizugaki no
hisashiki yo yori
yūdasuki
kakeshi kokoro wa
kami zo shiruran

Sacred, the jewelled fences,
Since all the ages past
With mulberry cords
Bound, my heart
The god does surely know!

649

Waka Poetry