Cuckoos at a Shrine.
五月雨をぬさに手向けてみくまのの山ほととぎすなきとよむなり
samidare o
nusa ni tamukete
mikumano no
yamahototogisu
naki toyomu nari | A summer shower’s
Streams proffered at
Kumano’s three shrines as
A mountain cuckoo’s
Song resounds. |
638
Sent to a lady at the beginning.
木葉散る山の下水埋もれて流れもやらぬ物をこそ思へ
ko no Fa tiru
yama no sitamidu
udumorete
nagare mo yaranu
mono wo koso omoFe |
Leaves fall from the trees, and
On the mountain, streams
Buried
Cease their flow,
As all my thoughts are set on you… |
Eikaku
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'Simply moving and elegant'
