Michinari-shū 215

Listening to a flute in a village.

おきゐつつねざめのみするころにしもよぶかきふえのこゑをきくかな

oki’itsutsu
nezame nomi suru
koro ni shi mo
yobu kakibue no
koe o kiku kana
Ever and always on arising and
Waking from sleep, that
Is when,
The call of a flute beside my fence
Is the sound I hear!

Minamoto no Michinari (?-1019)
源道済

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