MYS VIII: 1441

A poem on warblers by Ōtomo sukune Yakamochi.

打霧之 雪者零乍 然為我二 吾宅乃苑尓 鶯鳴裳

うちきらし ゆきはふりつつ しかすがに わぎへのそのに うぐひすなくも

utikirasi
yuki pa puritutu
sikasuga ni
wagipe no sono ni
ugupisu naku mo
All is darkened by
The ever-falling snow,
But even so
Within the garden of my home
Sings a warbler!

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