During the summer of the year following Lord Fujiwara no Takatsune’s death, he heard a cuckoo sing and composed this:
郭公けさなくこゑにおどろけば君を別れし時にぞありける
| Fototogisu kesa naku kowe ni odorokeba kimi wo wakaresi toki ni zo arikeru |
The cuckoo’s Calling cry this morning Startled me, for You left us At just this time. |
Tsurayuki
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