Kokinshu #131
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lnhammer A poem from the poetry contest held in the palace of the consort in the Kanpyô era.
Sing, O bush warbler,
with a voice that doesn't cease!
-- for is spring something
that comes around even twice
within a single year?
koe taezu
nake ya uguisu
hitotose ni
futatabi to dani
kubeki haru ka wa
---L.
Sing, O bush warbler,
with a voice that doesn't cease!
-- for is spring something
that comes around even twice
within a single year?
—7 August 2011
Original by Fujiwara no Okikaze. In case you were unclear on the answer, the rhetorical question is indeed marked as expecting a negative.koe taezu
nake ya uguisu
hitotose ni
futatabi to dani
kubeki haru ka wa
---L.