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eliska ([personal profile] cherrysalmon) wrote in [community profile] sportsfest 2018-07-02 08:24 am (UTC)

PROMPT: Team Grandstand

Ship/Character: Akashi Seijuurou/(Mayuzumi Chihiro or Midorima Shintarou)
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: none
Additional Tags: more birds, also loose translation, cries in medieval poetry
Do Not Wants: none

Prompt:

時鳥 人待つ山に 鳴く成れば 我うちつけに 戀まさりけり

the cuckoo does not return
pining away in the mountains
as it cries out in sorrow
i hear its sound
a wave of yearning washes over me
in that very moment

- Ki no Tsurayuki, Kokin Wakashu (162)

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