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- Senzai Wakashu
Yakisuteshi furuno no ono no makuzuhara tama maku bakari narinikeru kana
The arrowroot field on the old meadow we burned off in spring has already grown so much that its new leaves are curling like jewels.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Sadamichi
Aoigusa teru hi wa kami no kokoro ka wa kage sasu kata ni mazu nabikuran
O heart-leaf plant, is the shining sun the very heart of the gods, that you should bend first of all toward where its light falls?
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Mototoshi
Kamiyama no fumoto ni nareshi aoigusa hikiwakarete mo toshi zo henikeru
O heart-leaf plant I knew so well at the foot of Kamiyama, many years have gone by since I was parted from you.
Senzai Wakashu - Princess Shokushi
Hototogisu matsu wa hisashiki natsu no yo o nenu ni akenu to tare ka iiken
For one who waits for the cuckoo the summer night is so long; who was it, then, that said it dawns before one has even slept?
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Kinmichi
Futakoe to kikade ya yamamu hototogisu matsu ni nenu yo no kazu wa tsumorite
Shall I never hear you call a second time, cuckoo, while the nights I lie awake waiting for you keep piling up?
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Michitsune
Hototogisu shinoburu koro wa yamabiko no kotauru koe mo honoka ni zo suru
In the season when the cuckoo still sings in a hushed voice, even the echo answering from the mountain sounds only faintly.
Senzai Wakashu - Kamo no Shigeyasu
Ayashiki wa matsu hito kara ka hototogisu nakanu ni sae mo nururu sode kana
How strange it is: is it because of the heart of one who waits? Even when the cuckoo does not sing, my sleeves are wet with tears.
Senzai Wakashu - Dōmyō
Nezame suru tayori ni kikeba hototogisu tsuraki hito o mo matsubekarikeri
Waking in the night, I chanced to hear the cuckoo; so it seems I ought to wait up even for a heartless lover.
Senzai Wakashu - The Mother of Prince Yasusuke
Hototogisu mata mo ya naku to mataretsutsu kiku yo shimo koso nerarezarikere
Wondering whether the cuckoo will sing again, I cannot help waiting, so that the very nights I hear it are the nights I cannot sleep.
Senzai Wakashu - Mother of Fujiwara no Yorisuke
Matade kiku hito ni towaba ya hototogisu satemo hatsune ya ureshikaruran
I would like to ask someone who heard it without waiting: is the cuckoo's first song a joy even so?
Senzai Wakashu - Kakusei
Tazunete mo kikubeki mono o hototogisu hitodanome naru yowa no hitokoe
I should have gone out seeking it to hear it; this single cry of the cuckoo at dead of night has only raised my hopes.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Norinaga
Omoiyaru kokoro mo tsukinu hototogisu kumo no ikue no hoka ni nakuran
Even my heart that reaches out to it has given out; is the cuckoo singing beyond how many layers of cloud?
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Saneie
Hototogisu nao hatsukoe o Shinobuyama yū iru kumo no soko ni naku nari
Still holding back its first song, the cuckoo seems to be singing deep within the evening clouds that hang over Mount Shinobu.
Senzai Wakashu - Cloistered Prince Shukaku
Kazakoshi o yū koekureba hototogisu fumoto no kumo no soko ni naku nari
Crossing Kazakoshi Peak at evening, I hear the cuckoo singing deep within the clouds that lie over the foothills below.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Kiyosuke
Hitokoe wa sayaka ni nakite hototogisu kumoji haruka ni tōzakaru nari
Calling once, clear and bright, the cuckoo seems to be fading far away along the paths of cloud.
Senzai Wakashu - Minamoto no Yorimasa
Omou koto naki mi nariseba hototogisu yume ni kiku yo mo aramashi mono o
If I were someone with no cares on my mind, there might be nights when I heard the cuckoo only in my dreams.
Senzai Wakashu - Kujō Kanezane