English translation by VSARPJ from Null Pronouns in Selected Subordinate Clauses in Old Japanese:
‘Even if we were to pass our days without direction, if a cuckoo flew past singing, would (we) admire (it) as we do now? (Of course we would.)’

English translation by VSARPJ from Stephen Wright Horn and Kerri L Russell, "Null Pronouns in Old Japanese: A study of Concessive, Conditional, and Provisional clauses":
‘Even if we were to pass our days without direction, if a cuckoo flew past singing, would (we) admire (it) as we do now? (Of course we would).’