When I heard a warbler singing while gazing at the blossom on a spring dawn
花の色や声にそむらん鶯のなくねことなる春のあけぼの
hana no iro ya koe ni somuran uguisu no naku ne kotonaru haru no akebono The blossoms’ hue
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ゆきとぢしたにのふるすを思ひいでてはなにむつるる鶯のこゑ
yuki tojishi tani no furusu o omoi’idete hana ni mutsururu uguisu no koe Sealed with snow
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When a warbler was singing from the plum blossom.
むめがかにたぐへてきけばうぐひすのこゑなつかしき春の山ざと
mume ga ka ni taguete kikeba uguisu no koe natsukashiki haru no yamazato When the scent of plum
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When he was staying somewhere with bamboo before his bedroom.
竹ちかくよどこねはせじ鶯のなく声きけばあさいせられず
take tikaku Close by the bamboo
Lord Fujiwara no Korehira
When Lord Kanesuke had been promoted from Consultant Middle Captain to Middle Counsellor, the following year he went to the banquet held by the winner of the New Year Archery and composed this when all and sundry were recounting their thoughts.
旧里のみかさの山はとほけれど声は昔のうとからぬかな
Furusato no My ancient home
Lord Kanesuke
A warbler at my hermitage.
鶯のこゑぞかすみにもれてくる人めともしき春の山ざと
uguisu no koe zo kasumi ni moretekuru hitome tomoshiki haru no yamazato A warbler’s
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ねのびしにかすみたなびくのべに出でてはつ鶯のこゑをききつる
ne no bi shi ni kasumi tanabiku nobe ni idete hatsu uguisu no koe o kikitsuru For the Day of the Rat to,
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Topic unknown.
こゑたえずさへづれのべのももちどりのこりすくなきはるにやはあらぬ
kowe taezu Your ceaseless songs
Fujiwara no Nagayoshi
Composed as a poem on stags.
さをしかのつまよぶこゑもいかなれや夕はわきてかなしかるらん
sawosika no The stag,
Master of the Right Capital Office Naganori
秋風のをぎの下葉を吹きみだるそらにみちつるひぐらしの声
akikaze no ogi no shitaba o fukimidaru sore ni michitsuru higurashi no koe The autumn gusts
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[i] Motozane-shū (65) with the headnote ‘Sunset cicadas’ (higurashi 日暮).
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