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Rh Niete iru

Mizu bakari nari—

Semi no koe.—Taimu.

Other poets complain especially of the multitude of the noise-makers and the ubiquity of the noise:— Aritake no

Ki ni hibiki-keri

Semi no koe.

Matsubara wo

Ichiri wa kitari

Semi no koe.—Senga.

Occasionally the subject is treated with comic exaggeration:— Naite iru

Ki yori mo futoshi

Semi no koe.

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