Composed at the Isonokami temple in Nara on hearing the cuckoo sing.

いその神ふるき宮この郭公聲ばかりこそむかしなりけれ

isonokami Furuki miyako no Fototogisu kowe bakari koso mukasi narikere

Here at Isonokami In the ancient capital The cuckoo’s Call alone Is as of old.

Dharma Master Sosei (859-897)
素性法師