庭草に村雨降りてこほろぎの
鳴く声聞けば秋づきにけり
鳴く声聞けば秋づきにけり
- Roma-ji
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Niwakusa ni murasame furite korogi no naku koe kikeba akizukinikeri
- English Translation
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On the garden grass
passing showers have come down,
and the crickets' song,
when I hear their singing voice,
autumn has come in full now.
- Meaning
- A passing shower falls on the garden grass, and when I hear the crickets singing, I know autumn has truly come.
- Commentary
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Book Ten Autumn Miscellaneous Poems 2160
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "On Crickets"
This poem notices that autumn has fully arrived upon hearing crickets sing after a passing shower falls on the garden grass, and it closes the cricket group. The sound of the shower and the crickets' voices overlap, showing a heart that feels the season deepening. Like 1812 at the head of the book, which knew spring by the haze, it knows the turning of the season through signs in the scenery.
The first line, "on the garden grass," names the place.
In the second line, "murasame furite," "murasame" is a rain that falls hard for a while and stops.
The third line, "the crickets'," names the insects.
In the fourth line, "naku koe kikeba," "ba" is an established condition: when I hear their voices.
In the last line, "akizukinikeri," "akizuku" means to become autumnal and "keri" expresses realization.
- Source
- Manyoshu
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