さくら色にそめし衣をぬぎかへて
山ほととぎす今日よりぞ待つ
Sakura iro ni someshi koromo wo nugi kaete
yama hototogisu kyō yori zo matsu
I have taken off my clothes dyed color of cherry blossoms Mountain little cuckoo From today I wait
Izumi Shikibu (974?-?) A female poet in Heian Period.
Born in Kyoto.
From "Go Shui Waka Shu (後拾遺和歌集)".
5 May 2009 立夏