Kokin rokujō V: 3019

Coming yet not meeting.

そのはらやふせやに生ふるははきぎのありとてゆけど逢はぬ君かな

sonohara ya
fuseya ni ouru
hahagkigi no
ari tote yukedo
awanu kimi kana

At Sonohara
By the rest-stop grows
A sacred tree, they say;
I travel there, yet
With you I will not meet!

Anonymous

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