Kokinshū KKS III: 164 31st October 2015 temca Leave a comment Composed on hearing a cuckoo call. 郭公我とはなしに卯花のうき世中になきわたるらむ Fototogisu ware to Fa nasi ni u no Fana no uki yo no naka ni nakiwataruran Oh, cuckoo, You are not me, yet Drooping as a faded flower In this cruel world of men You cry on. Mitsune 躬恒