Composed at the Iso no Kami 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
| iso no kami Furuki miyako no Fototogisu kowe bakari koso mukasi narikere |
Here at Iso no Kami In the ancient capital The cuckoo’s Call alone Is as of old. |
The Monk Sosei (859-897)
素性法師