Black.
うば玉ややみのくらきにあま雲のやへ雲がくれかりぞなくなる
ubatama ya
yami no kuraki ni
amagumo no
yaegumo gakure
kari zo nakunaru | Lily seed
Dark and gloomy
The clouds within the heavens
Eightfold layers conceal
The geese, a’crying. |
706
うば玉のこのよなあけそしばしばもまだふるとしのうちぞとおもはん
ubatama no
kono yo na ake so
shibashiba mo
mada furu toshi no
uchi zo to omowan | Black as lily seeds,
This night I would not have dawn!
For a little while
That still in the old year I linger,
I would believe… |
405
'Simply moving and elegant'
