こゑたえずなけやうぐひすひととせに
ふたたびとだにくべき春かは
ふたたびとだにくべき春かは
- Roma-ji
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Koe taezu nake ya uguisu hitotose ni
futatabi to dani kubeki haru ka wa - English Translation
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Cease not your song,
cry on, O warbler—
for in a single year,
shall there come again
another spring like this?
- Meaning
- Do not let your voice fall silent—sing on, O warbler; for in a year, will such a spring ever come again?
- Commentary
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Book II, Spring Poems (Part Two)
A poem paired in a poetry contest at the imperial court during the Kanpyō era.
Since spring does not come twice within the same year, the poet urges the warbler to keep singing without pause. It is a poem of late spring, when the season is nearly over.
- Author
- Fujiwara no Okikaze
- Source
- Kokin Wakashu
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