From a hundred poem sequence.
葦の葉に隠れて住みし津の国の昆陽もあらはに冬は来にけり
| asi no Fa ni kakurete sumisi tu no kuni no koya mo araFa ni Fuyu Fa kinikeri |
Among the reed fronds Hidden, did I dwell In the land of Tsu To the surface of my hut Has come the winter. |
Minamoto no Shigeyuki
源重之
A man went to the country house of a woman with whom he had been having conversation, among other things, but although he knocked – perhaps because she did not hear him – she did not open the gate, so listening to the frogs croaking in the paddies.
葦引の山田のそほつうちわひてひとりかへるのねをそなきぬる
| asiFiki no yamada no soFodu utiwabite Fitori kaFeru no ne o zo nakinuru |
Reed pulling in The mountain paddies, a scarecrow Stands grieving; On his solitary return, the frogs’ Cries is all he does! |
Anonymous