by Fujiwara no Nagakata (1139 - 1191)
Translation © by Anthony Simon Thwaite (1930 - 2021)
ほととぎす / 鳴きつる方を
Language: Japanese (日本語)
ほととぎす 鳴きつる方を ながむれば, ただ有明の 月ぞ残れる
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- by Fujiwara no Nagakata (1139 - 1191)
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The cuckoo called See original
Language: English  after the Japanese (日本語)
A cuckoo called [ ... ]
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- Set to music by Otto Ketting (b. 1935), "The cuckoo called", 1992, copyright © 1994 [ soprano and instrumental ensemble ], from Summer Moon, no. 2, Amsterdam: Donemus
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- by Anthony Simon Thwaite (1930 - 2021), no title, first published 1964, copyright ©
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- a text in Japanese (日本語) by Fujiwara no Nagakata (1139 - 1191)
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