English poem
Poem 82 (1Omoi-wabi…)
by Fujiwara no Atsuyori (1090–1182)
1Omoi-wabi Satemo inochi wa 1Aru mono wo Uki ni taenu wa Namida nari keri. ow sad and gloomy is the world, 1This world of sin and woe! Ah! while I drift along Life’s stream, 1Tossed helpless to and fro, 1My tears will ever flow.