Yomachigusa

みとせのりこ – 宵待草

待てど暮らせど 来ぬ人を
宵待草の やるせなさ
今宵は月も 出ぬそうな

I wait and live for those who will not come
and see my despair in the evening primrose
Tonight it seems like not even the moon will show

暮れて河原に 星一つ
宵待草の 花が散る
更けては風も 泣くそうな

A single star shines onto the darkness of the riverbed
and the primrose withers
As the hour grows late, the wind cries with me