KKS XI: 529

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篝火にあらぬわが身のなぞもかく涙の河にうきてもゆらむ

kagaribi ni
aranu wa ga mi no
nazo mo kaku
namida no kawa ni
ukite moyuramu

A fisher’s torch
I’m not, so why does my sorry self
Yet
Upon a river of tears,
Burning, seem to drift along?

Anonymous

Waka Poetry