さを鹿の妻ととのふと鳴く声の
至らむ極み靡け萩原
至らむ極み靡け萩原
- Roma-ji
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Saoshika no tsuma totonou to naku koe no itaramu kiwami nabike hagihara
- English Translation
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Of the stag, the voice
crying to call his mate to him,
as far as it reaches,
to its very farthest end,
bend and sway, bush clover field!
- Meaning
- As far as the voice of the stag, calling to gather his mate, can reach—bend and sway, O fields of bush clover!
- Commentary
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Book Ten Autumn Miscellaneous Poems 2142
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "On the Calling of Deer"
This poem commands the fields of bush clover to bend as far as the voice of the stag calling for his mate can reach. The spread of the deer's voice and the spread of the bending clover fields overlap, painting a grand autumn landscape. Against the background of likening bush clover and deer to husband and wife, it composes a scene where the clover seems to answer the deer's voice.
The first line, "of the stag," names the caller.
In the second line, "tsuma totonou to," "totonou" means to call together.
The third line, "the voice he cries," names the sound.
The fourth line, "to the limit it reaches," names the extent.
The last line, "nabike hagihara," is an imperative address, closing with a command to the bush clover fields to bend.
- Source
- Manyoshu
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