One morning, when she was in seclusion at Kamo, she heard a cuckoo calling:
ほとゝぎすみ山いづなるはつこゑをいづれのやどのたれかきくらん
hototogisu miyama izunaru hatsu koe o izure no yado no tare ka kikuran |
A cuckoo Emerging from the mountains: His first call: Where’s the house and The one who’ll hear it, I wonder? |
Ben no Menoto