あるけばかつこういそげばかつこうwalk — a cuckoo; hurry — a cuckoo

歩いても郭公、急いでも郭公。人間の都合とは無関係に、鳥はただ同じ調子で鳴いている。焦っている自分がふっと可笑しくなる。急がなくていい、と朝に言ってくれる句。Walk, and a cuckoo; hurry, and a cuckoo. Indifferent to human circumstance, the bird just calls in the same steady tone. His own impatience suddenly strikes him as funny. A poem that tells you, in the morning, there is no need to rush.