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Kokinshu #155
Saturday, 29 October 2011 09:53 (from the same contest)
Even the blooms of
the orange tree where you lodged
haven't withered yet --
so why is it, O cuckoo,
your voice has faded away?
yadori seshi
hanatachibana mo
karenaku ni
nado hototogisu
koe taenuramu
---L.
Even the blooms of
the orange tree where you lodged
haven't withered yet --
so why is it, O cuckoo,
your voice has faded away?
—4 October 2011
Original by Ôe no Chisato. A competent execution of an utterly typical conceit. Compare to #141, from the other shoulder season. So is this the end of cuckoo season at last ... ?yadori seshi
hanatachibana mo
karenaku ni
nado hototogisu
koe taenuramu
---L.