なかぬなら殺してしまへ時鳥 織田信長 鳴かずともなかして見せふ杜鵑 豊臣秀吉 なかぬなら鳴まで待よ郭公 徳川家康 Nakanu nara koroshite shimae hototogisu Oda Nobunaga Nakazu tomo nakashite mishō hototogisu Toyotomi Hideyoshi Nakanu nara naku made matsu yo hototogisu Tokugawa Ieyasu
If you don't sing
I will kill
You little cuckoo
Oda Nobunaga
If you don't sing
I'll make you sing
You little cuckoo
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
If you don't sing
I will wait
You little cuckoo
Tokugawa Ieyasu
These poems are attributed to Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa ieyasu (They were born in Aichi Prefecture).
From "Kasshi Yawa" (Matsura Seizan).
17 May 2008