haru tateba / hana to ya miramu / shirayuki no / kakareru eda ni / uguisu zo naku

[larryhammer]

Because janni dared me:


The truth about poetry, not!Kokinshu edition:


    O bush warbler,
do not cease your singing!
    For with songs of spring
I too, my friend, am only
trying to pick up some chicks.

---L.

Comments

[shveta-thakrar.livejournal.com]

*grin*

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

:D

[(Anonymous)]

Are you sure that's not in the Kokinshu? --Matt

[larryhammer]

Only in a single textual tradition, and it's regarded as spurious by most editors.

---L.

[starlady38.livejournal.com]

BWAHAHAHA

[sovay]

Yay.