A man went to the country house of a woman with whom he had been having conversation, among other things, but although he knocked – perhaps because she did not hear him – she did not open the gate, so listening to the frogs croaking in the paddies.
葦引の山田のそほつうちわひてひとりかへるのねをそなきぬる
| asiFiki no yamada no soFodu utiwabite Fitori kaFeru no ne o zo nakinuru |
Reed pulling in The mountain paddies, a scarecrow Stands grieving; On his solitary return, the frogs’ Cries is all he does! |
Anonymous