GSIS II: 159

Composed on frogs for a poetry competition held at the residence of the Kokiden Consort in Chōkyū 2 [1041].

みがくれて集く蛙の諸声に騒ぎぞわたる池の浮草

migakurete
sudaku kaFadu no
morogowe ni
sawagi zo wataru
ike no ukikusa 
Concealing themselves
The swarming frogs’
Chorus
Drifts loudly across
The pond’s floating weeds

Ryōsen
良暹

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