Eikyū hyakushu 207

Water Rails (鼃)

たたくともさやはなるべき柴の戸はときけば夜半の水鶏なりけり

tatakutomo
saya wa narubeki
shiba no to wa
to kikeba yowa no
kuina narikeri

A tapping, yet
It must be a knocking
On my brushwood door
I hear, but at midnight
‘Tis only a water rail!

Tadafusa

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