Uguisu

Japanese




鶯の鳴けば何やらなつかしう


Uguisu no nakeba nani yara natukashū



A bush warbler sings
I don't know why    
dear and sweet      




[ Literal translation style ]

When a bush warbler
is singing, somehow
dear and sweet     



Uguisu : Japanese bush warbler (Spring bird).


4 Feb 2009 立春  Beginning of Spring 


Ueshima Onitsura

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