Sanekata Shū 298

ゆきずりの鈴の音にや群鳥の世をうづらとてなきかくれなむ

yukizure no
suzu no oto ni ya
muradori no
yo wo udura tote
naki kakurenamu

Passing by,
In the trill of bells,
Do the flocking birds
Find in this world a cause to quail,
And so hide themselves?

Waka Poetry