ほととぎすきくとはなしにたけくまの松にぞ夏の日数へぬべき
hototogisu kiku to wa nashi ni takekuma no matsu ni zo natsu no hikazu henubeki O, cuckoo,
Waiting for a cuckoo
ほととぎすかならずまつとなけれどもよなよなめをもさましつるかな
hototogisu kanarazu matsu to nakeredomo yonayona me o mo samashitsuru kana O, cuckoo,
A summer poem.
さ月まつをだのますらをいとまなみせきいるる水にかはづ鳴くなり
satsuki matsu oda no masurao itoma nami seki iruru mizu ni kawazu naku nari Awaiting the Fifth Month
神まつるう月になれば卯花のうきことのはのかずやまさらん
kami matsuru uzuki ni nareba unohana no uki koto no ha no kazu ya masaran When worshipping the gods
Deutzia
わがやどのかきねにさける卯花のうきことしげき世にこそ有りけれ
wa ga yado no kakine ni sakeru unohana no uki koto shigeki yo ni koso arikere At my house [i]
[i] An allusive variation on: On blossom. うぐひすのかよふかきねのうのはなのうきことあれやきみがきまさぬ uguisu no / kayou kakine no / unohana no / uki koto are ya / kimi ga kimasanu ‘The warbler / Flits around my brushwood fence’s / Deutzia blooms— / Is there some sad event which / Stops my Lord from coming?’ Anonymous (MYS X: 1988 ).
春すぎていくかもあらねどわがやどの池の藤浪うつろひにけり
haru sugite ikuka mo aranedo wa ga yado no ike no fujinami utsuroinikeri Spring has passed
On the beginning of summer.
夏ごろもたつたのやまのほととぎすいつしかなかん声をきかばや
natsugoromo tatsuta no yama no hototogisu itsu shika nakan koe o kikaba ya As a summer robe
Summer
Composed on changing clothes.
をしみこしはなのたもともぬぎかへつ人の心ぞ夏には有りける
oshimikoshi hana no tamoto mo nugikaetsu hito no kokoro zo natsu ni wa arikeru Regretfully,
Composed when the painting of spring on a folding screen resembled summer.
みてのみぞおどろかれぬるぬば玉のゆめかと思ひし春ののこれる
mite nomi zo odorokarenuru nubatama no yume ka to omoishi haru no nokoreru The sight was enough
On hearing a cuckoo call in a year where there were two First Months.
きかざりきやよひのやまの郭公春くははれるとしはありしかど
kikazariki yayoi no yama no hototogisu haru kuwawareru toshi wa arishikado I have yet to hear
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