From a folding screen in the Engi period.
山里に知る人も哉郭公鳴きぬと聞かば告げに來るがに
yamazato ni siru Fito mo gana Fototogisu nakinu to kikaba tuge ni kuru ga ni |
Oh, that in the mountains Lived someone that I knew! The cuckoo Would he hear call And then come and tell me! |
Tsurayuki
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