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Kinkai wakashū 141

はつこゑを聞くとはなしに今日も又山ほととぎすまたずしもあらず

hatsukoe o
kiku to wa nashi ni
kyō mo mata
yama hototogisu
matazu shimo arazu

That first call
I’ve not heard, while
Today, once more,
The mountain cuckoo
It’s not that I am not awaiting…