をちことのだづきもしらぬ山なかに
おぼつかなくもよぶこどりかな
おぼつかなくもよぶこどりかな
- Roma-ji
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Ochikoto no dazuki mo shiranu yamanaka ni
obotsukanaku mo yobukodori kana - English Translation
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In the deep mountains,
not knowing which way to go,
with an anxious voice
a calling bird calls out—
how uncertain it sounds.
- Meaning
- In the deep mountains, not knowing which way to go, a calling bird cries out in an anxious voice, deepening the feeling of unease.
- Commentary
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Spring Songs, Book One
When one is lost and anxious, a bird calls out without showing itself, its anxious cry stirring an even greater unease.
- Author
- Unknown Poet
- Source
- Kokin Wakashu
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