On Controller Tametō, when he returned in the morning from an assignation.
たが里にいかにしのぶぞほとゝぎすをのが垣根は花や散りにし
ta ga sato ni ika ni sinobu zo Fototogisu wono ga kakine Fa Fana ya tirinisi |
At whose dwelling Have you secretly been calling, O, cuckoo? Has your own fence Lost all its blooms? |