こぞの夏なきふるして郭公
それかあらぬかこゑのかはらぬ
それかあらぬかこゑのかはらぬ
- Roma-ji
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Kozo no natsu nakifurushite hototogisu
sore ka aranu ka koe no kawaranu - English Translation
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Is it the same bird
that cried so much last summer,
the cuckoo I hear?
or is it another—
its voice unchanged at all.
- Meaning
- Is it the same cuckoo that cried so much last summer, or another? Its voice has not changed at all.
- Commentary
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Book III, Summer Poems
The unchanged cry of the cuckoo brings back memories of the previous summer.
The poet’s feeling is conveyed in the phrase “its voice unchanged.”
- Author
- Unknown Poet
- Source
- Kokin Wakashu
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