Composed in the conception of hearing a cuckoo at dawn.
時鳥鳴きつるかたをながむればたゞ有明の月ぞのこれる
Fototogisu nakituru kata wo nagamureba tada ariake no tuki zo nokoreru |
A cuckoo Calls from yonder – Gazing there, Only the daybreak Moon remains. |
The Minister of the Right [Fujiwara no Sanesada]