Composed when he was passing through the Otowa mountains and heard a cuckoo calling.
おとは山けさこえくれば郭公こずゑはるかに今ぞなくなる
| otoFa yama kesa koekureba Fototogisu kozuwe Farukani ima zo nakunaru |
In the Otowa mountains, As I pass through this morning, A cuckoo Far distant in the treetops Is singing. |
Ki no Tomonori (d. ca. 905)
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