老ろう鶯おう

noun

bush warbler singing after spring; late-singing bush warbler

Literary term for a bush warbler (uguisu) that continues singing even after the spring season has passed, evoking a sense of lingering beauty or the passage of time.

• 老ろう鶯おうの声こえが、初しょ夏かの庭にわに響ひびいていた。

  The song of a late-singing bush warbler echoed through the early-summer garden.