鶉伏す刈田のひつぢ生ひ出でて
ほのかに照らす三日月の影
ほのかに照らす三日月の影
- Roma-ji
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Uzura fusu karita no hitsuji oiidete honoka ni terasu mikazuki no kage
- English Translation
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Where the quail lie low,
in the harvested rice field
the new shoots spring up,
and faintly they are lit by
the light of the crescent moon.
- Meaning
- In the harvested field where quails lie hidden, the second growth of rice has sprouted, faintly lit by the light of the crescent moon.
- Commentary
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Miscellaneous Poems 945
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In the harvested field where quails lie hidden, the second growth of rice has sprouted, faintly lit by the crescent moon, the poet says, painting a lonely late-autumn scene in the fields with such fine details as quail, second growth and crescent moon.
First line, “uzura fusu”: where quails lie low.
Second line, “karita no hitsuji”: karita is a harvested field and hitsuji the rice that sprouts again from the stubble.
Third line, “oiidete”: springing up.
Fourth line, “honoka ni terasu”: faintly lighting.
Fifth line, “mikazuki no kage”: ending on a noun, the light of the crescent moon.
- Author
- Saigyō
- Source
- Sankashu
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