Kokinshu #4
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lnhammerA poem on the beginning of spring by the Nijô Empress.
Spring has indeed come,
though snow is still around us.
So will it be now
that the bush warbler's teardrops,
long frozen, finally melt?
yuki no uchi ni
haru wa kinikeri
uguisu no
kôreru namida
ima ya tokuramu
---L.
Spring has indeed come,
though snow is still around us.
So will it be now
that the bush warbler's teardrops,
long frozen, finally melt?
—10 September 2010
Original by Takaiko or Kôshi, a consort of Emperor Seiwa and queen mother (and power behind the throne) of Emperor Yôzei. This is her only poem in the Kokinshu, though she appears in other headnotes. The uguisu or Japanese bush warbler (Cettia diphone) is one of the first songbirds of spring.yuki no uchi ni
haru wa kinikeri
uguisu no
kôreru namida
ima ya tokuramu
---L.