Hunting by torchlight.
さ月やまおぼつかなきをゆふづくよこがくれてのみしかやまつらん
satsuki yama obotsukanaki o yūzukuyo kogakurete nomi shika ya matsuran In the summer mountains
さ月やま木だかき峰の時鳥たそかれ時の空に鳴くなり
satsuki yama kodakaki mine no hototogisu tasogaredoki no sora ni naku nari In the Fifth Month mountains
さ月やみさよふけぬらし時鳥神なび山におのが妻よぶ
satsuki yami sayo fukenurashi hototogisu kaminabiyama ni ono ga tsuma yobu In the drizzling dark
五月やみ神なびやまのほととぎす妻ごひすらし鳴くねかなしも
satsuki yami kaminabiyama no hototogisu tsumagoisurashi naku ne kanashi mo In the drizzling dark
A cuckoo in the depths of night.
五月やみおぼつかなきに郭公ふかき峰より鳴きていづなり
satsuki yami obotsukanaki ni hototogisu fukaki mine yori nakite’izu nari In the drizzling dark
A summer poem.
さ月まつをだのますらをいとまなみせきいるる水にかはづ鳴くなり
satsuki matsu oda no masurao itoma nami seki iruru mizu ni kawazu naku nari Awaiting the Fifth Month
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たまくしげ二上山のほととぎす今ぞあけくれなきわたるなる
tamakushige futakamiyama no hototogisu ima zo akekure nakiwataru naru On the jewelled comb of
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時鳥のちのさ月もありとてやながくうづきをすぐしはてつる
hototogisu nochi no satsuki mo ari tote ya nagaku uzuki o sugushihatetsuru O, cuckoo!
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おしなべて五月のそらを見渡せば草葉も水もみどりなりけり
oshinabete satsuki no sora o miwataseba kusaba mo mizu mo midori narikeri When the entire
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くるるかとみれば明けぬる夏の夜をあかずとや鳴く山郭公
kururu ka to Did you think ’twas sunset?
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[1] Shinchokusenshū III: 152/Kokin rokujō I: 89
[1] Kokinshū III: 157, attributed to Mibu no Tadamine/Shinsen man’yōshū 57/Kokin rokujō VI: 4437
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なつの日のくるるもしらず鳴く蝉をとひもしてしか何ごとかうき
natsu no hi no kururu mo shirazu naku semi o toi mo shiteshika nani goto ka uki Of the summer sun’s
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あやめ草いくらの五月あひくらむ来る年毎にわかく見ゆらむ
ayamegusa ikura no satsuki aikuramu kuru toshigoto ni wakaku miyuramu O, sweet flags!
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A poem from the Poetry Contest held by the Empress Dowager during the Reign of the Kanpyō Emperor.
おしなべて五月のそらを見渡せば草葉も水もみどりなりけり
oshinabete satsuki no sora o miwataseba kusaba mo mizu mo midori narikeri When the entire
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