Tentoku yo ten dairi uta’awase 29

人ならばまててふべきをほととぎすふたこゑとだにきかですぎぬる

hito naraba
mate chōbeki o
hototogisu
futa koe to dani
kikade suginuru

Were you a man,
‘Wait!’ is what I’d tell you,
O, cuckoo!
For without even a second call
For me to hear have you passed by.

Fujiwara no Motozane

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