Composed on cuckoos.
きくたびにめづらしければほととぎすいつもはつねのここちこそすれ
| kiku tabi ni medurasikereba Fototogisu itu mo Fatune no kokoti koso sure | Every time I hear one ‘Tis so fresh, that A cuckoo Always calls anew, I feel! |
Supernumerary Archbishop Eien
This poem is II: 116 in the anthology’s third version.