Sanekata Shū 154

On hearing that a lady had begun conversing with another person, despising a man who visited her only at lengthy intervals.

ほとゝぎす花橘の香をうとみことかたらふと聞くはまことか

Fototogisu
Fana tatibana no
ka wo utomi
koto kataraFu to
kiku Fa makoto ka
Does a cuckoo
The orange blossoms’
Scent disregard and
Sing elsewhere?
I’ve heard it but, can it be true?

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