Kokin rokujō V: 3229

Mirrors

かはとだにかがみにみゆるものならばわするるほどもあらましものを

kawa to dani
kagami ni miyuru
mono naraba
wasururu hodo mo
aramashi mono o

If a river does even
A mirror seem
To be, then
When I am forgotten
I would have it, at least, remain…

Waka Poetry