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こぞの夏なきふるしてし郭公それかあらぬかこゑのかはらぬ
| kozo no natu nakiFurusitesi Fototogisu sore ka aranu ka kowe no kaFaranu |
Last summer Did you sing as if there’d be no other, O, cuckoo; Is it you, or another, For your song is quite unchanged. |
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KKS III: 158
A poem from the Poetry Competition held at the residence of the Empress during the Kanpyō period (889-898).
夏山にこひしき人やいりにけむ聲ふりたててなく郭公
| natuyama ni koFisiki Fito ya irinikemu kowe Furitatete naku Fototogisu |
Into the summer mountains Has my darling Gone, I wonder? Spilling out your song, O, calling cuckoo! |
Ki no Akimine
紀秋岑
KKS III: 164
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KKS III: 161
Composed when some courtiers, drinking wine the Attendance Chamber, called him in and told him to compose a poem on ‘waiting for the cuckoo.’
ほととぎすこゑもきこえず山びこはほかになくねをこたへやはせぬ
| Fototogisu kowe mo kikoezu yamabiko Fa Foka ni naku ne wo kotaFe ya Fa senu |
The cuckoo’s Call is silent- But an echo Of a song sung elsewhere, Might not that return to us? |
Mitsune
躬恒
KKS III: 160
KKS III: 157
A poem from a poetry competition held by Her Majesty, the Empress, in the Kanpyō period.
くるるかと見ればあけぬるなつのよをあかずとやなく山郭公
| kururu ka to mireba akenuru natu no yo wo akazu to ya naku yama Fototogisu |
Did you think ’twas sunset? When a glance would show the breaking dawn Of this summer night- Unsated by your song, do you sing on, Cuckoo in the mountains? |
Mibu no Tadamine
壬生忠岑
KKS III: 156
A poem from a poetry competition held by Her Majesty, the Empress, in the Kanpyô period.
夏の夜のふすかとすれば郭公なくひとこゑにあくるしののめ
| natu no yo no Fusu ka to sureba Fototogisu naku Fito kowe ni akuru sinonome |
On a summer night, I wonder if I should to bed, and then A cuckoo Gives a single cry and Bright dawn breaks. |
Ki no Tsurayuki
紀貫之
KKS III: 155
A poem from a poetry competition held by Her Majesty, the Empress, in the Kanpyō period.
やどりせし花橘もかれなくになどほととぎすこゑたえぬらむ
| yadorisesi Fana tatibana mo karenaku ni nado Fototogisu kowe taenuran |
Your resting place: The orange blossoms Are yet in bloom, So why, oh, cuckoo, Has your voice failed? |
Ōe no Chisato
大江千里