classic waka stream

年ごとに聞くとはすれどほととぎす
声は古りせぬものにぞありける
Roma-ji

Toshigoto ni kiku to wa suredo hototogisu koe wa furisenu mono ni zo arikeru

English Translation
Every passing year
I hear it again, and yet
the little cuckoo's
voice, it seems, is something
that never grows old with time
Meaning
I hear it every year, and yet the cuckoo's voice, I find, is something that never grows old.
Commentary
Book Two Summer Poems 109

Though heard every year, the cuckoo's voice never grows stale. The poem expresses a heart that greets the song returning each year as something always new.
From poem 104 through poem 126 in this book, poems on the cuckoo follow one another, expressing every mood around the bird: waiting for its first song, seeking it out, rejoicing at hearing it and lamenting having missed it.

First line, 'toshigoto ni', means every year, showing long years of listening to the cuckoo. Where 'each time I hear' in poem 113 sings of freshness with every hearing, this poem expresses the same feeling on the scale of the years.
Second line, 'kiku to wa suredo', means although I do hear it, a concession.
Third line, 'hototogisu', is the bird of the theme, leading to 'voice' in the lower half.
Fourth line, 'koe wa furisenu', means the voice does not grow old, furisu meaning to become old.
Final line, 'mono ni zo arikeru', is a binding in which zo closes on the attributive keru, expressing the wonder of discovery. The line has an extra syllable. It is the same final line as poem 106.
Source
Kinyo Wakashu
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