From the Empress’ Poetry Competition in the Engi Period.
夏くれば深草山の郭公鳴く声しげくなりまさるなり
| natu kureba Fukakusayama no Fototogisu naku kowe sigeku narimasaru nari |
When the summer comes, Upon Fukakusa Mountain The cuckoo Calls most lushly Do grow excessive! |
Anonymous