Dairi uta’awase – Ōwa ni-nen 06

ほととぎすよぶかきこゑをあやめぐさまだねもみぬにきくよしもがな

hototogisu
yobukaki koe o
ayamegusa
mada ne mo minu ni
kiku yoshi mogana
A cuckoo’s
Cry late in the night is
Strange—sweet flag
Roots I have yet to see, but his song
I wish that I could hear!

Palace Lady Ukon[i]
6


[i] Ukon no myōbu 右近命婦

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