熊の住む苔の岩山恐ろしみ
むべなりけりな人も通はぬ
むべなりけりな人も通はぬ
- Roma-ji
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Kuma no sumu koke no iwayama osoroshimi mube narikeri na hito mo kayowanu
- English Translation
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Where the bears dwell, these
mossy crags are fearsome so,
no wonder at all,
it is just as it should be,
that no one ever comes this way.
- Meaning
- The mossy crags where bears live are so fearsome that it is no wonder no one ever comes this way.
- Commentary
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Miscellaneous Poems 962
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Topic unknown"
The mossy crags where bears live are so fearsome that it is no wonder no one comes, the poet says, picturing the wildness of deep mountains no one visits as crags where bears dwell.
First line, “kuma no sumu”: where bears live.
Second line, “koke no iwayama”: mossy crags.
Third line, “osoroshimi”: since they are fearsome, an adjective stem with mi.
Fourth line, “mube narikeri na”: mube is no wonder; na is exclamatory; the poem breaks here.
Fifth line, “hito mo kayowanu”: that no one comes, inverted to follow the fourth line.
- Author
- Saigyō
- Source
- Sankashu
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