On hearing a cuckoo when I was alone on a night when it was raining heavily.
郭公なくこゑあやな五月やみきく人なしみあめは降りつつ
| hototogisu naku koe ayana satsuki yami kiku hito nashi mi ame wa furitsutsu | O, cuckoo, Giving call is strange, indeed, In the drizzling dark, For there is none to hear you, In the ever falling rain… |
