Kinkai wakashū 710

いにしへの朽木の桜春ごとにあはれむかしとおもふかひなし

inishie no
kuchigi no sakura
haru goto ni
aware mukashi to
omou kai nashi

An ancient,
Rotting cherry tree,
With every spring
Sorrows for those bygone days, but
Thinking that has no point at all.

710

Waka Poetry