Sankashū III: 1508

[One of] ten personal laments.

捨てて後は紛れし方は覚えぬを心のみをは世にあらせける

sutete nochi wa
magireshi kata wa
oboenu o
kokoro nomi oba
yo ni arasekeru
Having been abandoned
One sunk in insignificance
Will not be remembered, and
His spirit alone
Appears in the world!

Saigyō
西行

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