いつのまにさ月きぬらむあしびきの
山郭公今ぞなくなる
山郭公今ぞなくなる
- Roma-ji
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Itsu no ma ni satsuki kinuramu ashibiki no
yamahototogisu ima zo naku naru - English Translation
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Before I knew it,
has the Fifth Month come?
from the mountain depths,
the cuckoo at last now
has begun to cry aloud.
- Meaning
- Before I knew it, has the Fifth Month come? The cuckoo in the mountains has now begun to cry.
- Commentary
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Book III, Summer Poems
The poem expresses the emotion felt upon hearing at last the long-awaited cry of the cuckoo.
- Author
- Unknown Poet
- Source
- Kokin Wakashu
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