Tag Archives: sayonaka

Eikyū hyakushu 396

Mandarin Ducks 鴛鴦

冬さむみはだれしもふるさ夜なかにつがはぬをしの声ぞかなしき

fuyu samumi
hadareshimo furu
sayonaka ni
tsugawanu oshi no
koe zo kanashiki

In winter’s chill
A brush of frost does fall,
At midnight, when
The unmated mandarins’
Cries are sad, indeed!

Tadafusa