ほととぎすまつよながらのさみだれにしげきあやめのねにぞ鳴きぬる
hototogisu
matsu yo nagara no
samidare ni
shigeki ayame no
ne ni zo nakunaru | While the cuckoo
I await one night
In a summer shower,
Lush as sweet-flag
Roots grow my sobbing cries! |
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From a Poetry Match held during the Reign of the Engi Emperor.
さみだれはちかくなるらしよど河のあやめの草もみくさおひにけり
samidare Fa
tikaku narurasi
yodogaFa no
ayame no kusa mo
mikusa oFinikeri | The summer showers
Closer must be coming, for
Along the Yodo River
Both sweet-flags and
Waterweed have grown lush, indeed! |
Anonymous
'Simply moving and elegant'
