Chūgū nyōbō uta’awase 4

をみなへし野辺の古郷おもひいでて宿れる虫の声やこひしき

ominaeshi
nobe no furusato
omoi’idete
yadoreru mushi no
koe ya koishiki
A maidenflower’s
Former home upon the plains
I do recall,
Resting there, the insects’
Cries are what I long for…

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[i] Motozane-shū (63) with the headnote ‘Maidenflowers’ (ominaeshi 女郎花).

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