Round Ten: Insects’ songs from behind thickets of grass
Left
たづねくるかひもあるかな草村に我まつむしの声ぞきこゆる
| tazunekuru kai mo aru kana kusamura ni ware matsumushi no koe zo kikoyuru | Paying a visit here— Has some point, I think! Among the grassy thickets I pine crickets’ Song in my ears. |
A Court Lady
Right
松虫のこゑもたえせぬ草むらはたづねぬ人も尋ねきにけり
| matsumushi no koe mo taesenu kusamura wa tazunenu hito mo tazunekinikeri | Pine crickets’ Songs I would have ever carry on Among the grassy thickets The one who has not called Has finally paid a visit! |
A Court Lady