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郭公なくこゑきけばわかれにしふるさとさへぞこひしかりける
| Fototogisu naku kowe kikeba wakarenisi Furusato saFe zo koFisikarikeru |
Oh, cuckoo, When I hear your song, Those I left-long ago- At home: I miss them more than ever. |
Anonymous
Topic unknown.
郭公なくこゑきけばわかれにしふるさとさへぞこひしかりける
| Fototogisu naku kowe kikeba wakarenisi Furusato saFe zo koFisikarikeru |
Oh, cuckoo, When I hear your song, Those I left-long ago- At home: I miss them more than ever. |
Anonymous
I’m wondering if this waka (No. 146) of yearning and the cry of the hototogisu is not what inspired Basho’s haiku:
Even in Kyoto—
hearing the cuckoo’s cry—
I long for Kyoto.