しら雪のふるの山なる杉村のすぐる程なきとしのくれかな
shirayuki no
furu no yama naru
sugimura no
suguru hodo naki
toshi no kure kana | Snow so white
Falls on Furu Mountain’s
Cypress groves—
In no time at all is past
The ending of the year! |
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On hearing a cuckoo in Sugimura Forest.
羽振きつゝ今や都へほとゝぎす過ぎ難に鳴く杉叢の森
Fabukitutu
ima ya miyako Fe
Fototogisu
suginade ni naku
sugimura no mori |
Wings beating,
Capital-bound is
The cuckoo, yet
Loath to leave, he cries in
The forest of Sugimura. |
'Simply moving and elegant'
