けさきなきいまだたびなる郭公
花たちばなにやどはからなむ
花たちばなにやどはからなむ
- Roma-ji
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Kesa kinaki imada tabi naru hototogisu
hanatachibana ni yado wa karanamu - English Translation
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This very morning,
having just begun to cry,
still on its journey,
o cuckoo, pray take rest
in my blooming orange tree.
- Meaning
- Having just begun to cry this very morning and still on its journey, O cuckoo, I wish you would take lodging in the orange blossoms at my home.
- Commentary
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Book III, Summer Poems
The cuckoo and the bush warbler were thought to come down from the mountains to the human world in their season. The cuckoo was believed to lodge in the orange tree.
The poem expresses a wish to fully enjoy the cuckoo’s song.
- Author
- Unknown Poet
- Source
- Kokin Wakashu
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