Kokinshu #16
Wednesday, 3 November 2010 07:07![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lnhammerTopic unknown.
Because my dwelling
is beside the open fields,
I hear the voices
of the singing bush warblers
morning after morning.
nobe-chikaku
iei shi sereba
uguisu no
nakunaru koe wa
asa na asa na kiku
---L.
Because my dwelling
is beside the open fields,
I hear the voices
of the singing bush warblers
morning after morning.
—23 September 2010
Original author unknown. Still just the bird, but note the change in setting. The voices/birds can be read as singular or plural -- given the repeated mornings, I went with the latter.nobe-chikaku
iei shi sereba
uguisu no
nakunaru koe wa
asa na asa na kiku
---L.