つゆむすぶあきはて方のきりぎりすくさのねごとにさむくこそなけ

tsuyu musubu akihategata no kirigirisu kusa no ne goto ni samuku koso nake

Drenched with dew At the far edge of dawn The crickets Crying from the roots of every stalk, So cold, do sing.[i]

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[i] This poem is built around a wordplay in its final section, which has kusa no ne goto ni 草の根ごとに (‘the roots of every stalk of grass’) and ne goto ni samuku 音ごとに寒く (‘every chirp coldly’).

[ii] Motozane-shū (64) with the headnote ‘Crickets’ (kirigirisu きりぎりす).