刈りて干す山田の稲を干しわびて
守る仮庵に幾夜経ぬらん
守る仮庵に幾夜経ぬらん
- Roma-ji
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Karite hosu yamada no ine o hoshiwabite mamoru kariio ni ikuyo henuran
- English Translation
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The rice I reaped to dry
in the mountain paddy fields
will not dry at all;
in the hut where I keep watch,
how many nights have I passed?
- Meaning
- The rice reaped from the mountain paddies will not dry, and I wonder how many nights I have spent in the makeshift hut where I keep watch over it.
- Commentary
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Book Seventeen Miscellaneous Autumn Poems 1125
Headnote: "A poem for a screen of the months in the Engi era"
The poet wonders how many nights he has passed in the makeshift hut keeping watch over the rice reaped from the mountain paddies, which will not dry. The headnote shows it was written for a screen painting the events and sights of each month, in the Engi reign of Emperor Daigo. Through the painting, it portrays the hardship of a farmer spending night after night in a hut where the rice is drying.
The author, written as "Mitsune," is Ōshikōchi no Mitsune, one of the compilers of the Kokinshū, who is counted among the Thirty-Six Immortal Poets.
First line, "karite hosu," means "reaped and set to dry," standing beside 1123 and 1124 before it in singing of the rice harvest.
Second line, "yamada no ine o," means "the rice of the mountain paddies."
Third line, "hoshiwabite," means "at a loss because it will not dry," with "wabu" meaning to be troubled when things do not go as one wishes.
Fourth line, "mamoru kariio ni," means "in the makeshift hut where I keep watch," with "karite" of the first line and "kariio" sounding together.
Final line, "ikuyo henuran," means "how many nights have I passed," with "nu" perfective and "ran" an auxiliary of present conjecture.
- Author
- Oshikochi no Mitsune
- Source
- Shui Wakashu
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