When a lady with whom I had become intimate in the Fourth Month, wanted it kept secret in the Fifth.
忍び音のころは過ぎにきほとゝぎすなにゝつけてか音をばなかまし
| sinobine no koro Fa suginiki Fototogisu nani ni tukete ka ne woba nakamasi |
The first quiet call’s Time is passed O, cuckoo. And so for what Might you raise a cry? |