Kinkai wakashū 529

ほととぎすきなくさつきの卯花のうきことのはのしげきころかな

hototogisu
kinaku satsuki no
u no hana no
uki koto no ha no
shigeki koro kana

The cuckoo
In the Fifth Month comes to call
From the deutzia blooms—
Only cold, cruel words
Grow lush for me these days!

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