KKS III: 158

A poem from the Poetry Competition held at the residence of the Empress during the Kanpyō period (889-898).

夏山にこひしき人やいりにけむ聲ふりたててなく郭公

natuyama ni
koFisiki Fito ya
irinikemu
kowe Furitatete
naku Fototogisu
Into the summer mountains
Has my darling
Gone, I wonder?
Spilling out your song,
O, calling cuckoo!

Ki no Akimine
紀秋岑

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