Ōmi no miyasudokoro uta’awase 05

Chinaberry

うぐひすの来の花とのみいふなればあふちどりをばすゑむともせず

uguisu no
ki no hana to nomi
iu nareba
au chidori oba
suemu to mo sezu
The bush warbler
Come simply for the blossom
They do say, but
On meeting a plover, then
You’ll not make it roost there!

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This is another acrostic with the name of the plant, ōchi [auchi], contained within au chidori.

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