荒こう漠ばく

taru-adjective, adverb taking the 'to' particle

desolate; ruined; barren

Literary taru-adjective and adverb describing a landscape or scene as bleak, empty, and ruined. Often used with たる or と.

• 荒こう漠ばくたる荒こう野やが目めの前まえに広ひろがっていた。

  A desolate wilderness stretched out before my eyes.

• 戦せん場じょうは荒こう漠ばくとして人ひと影かげもなかった。

  The battlefield was desolate, with no sign of people.