Tag Archives: Ako

Eikyū hyakushu 648

Old Folk 老人

しくちひくあこのはまやに年ふりていやみにましばしめられにけり

shikuchi hiku
ako no hamaya ni
toshi furite
iyami ni mashiba
shimerarenikeri

Fishing for mullet
From a hut on Ako Beach
Have I got on in years, and
Detestation deeply
Is graven on my heart.

Toshiyori