しのびつつなきわたりつるほととぎすあすもいつかとまたれこそすれ

shinobitsutsu nakiwataritsuru hototogisu asu mo itsuka to matare koso sure

Ever secretly Has sung out The cuckoo— The morn, too, sometime He awaits!

Fujiwara no Shigesuke, Chamberlain and Junior Lieutenant in the Outer Palace Guards, Right Division[i]
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I say this seems only to be waiting for the morning and lacks a conception of tonight, so it loses.

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[i] Fujiwara no Shigesuke 藤原重輔 ()  蔵人右衛門少尉藤原重輔