Eikyū hyakushu 204

Water Rails (鼃)

まきのやの心ちこそすれ柴の戸をいかで水鶏のかくたたくらん

maki no ya no
kokochi koso sure
shiba no to o
ikade kuina no
kaku tatakuran
‘Tis the sound of a cedar roof –
That’s what it makes me feel!
Upon a brushwood door
Why does the water rail
Seem to knock so hard?

Akinaka

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