When the Kōshin rite was celebrated at the Koichijō mansion on the Fifth Day of the Fifth Month.
やどの上に山ほとゝぎすきなくなり今日はあやめの根のみと思ふに
| yado no uFe ni yama Fototogisu kinakunari keFu Fa ayame no ne nomi to omoFu |
Above the house A mountain cuckoo Has come to sing; On this day iris Roots, alone, would be there, I thought. |