Kinkai wakashū 638

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

Waka Poetry