鴫のゐる野沢の小田をうち返し
種まきてけりしめはへて見ゆ
種まきてけりしめはへて見ゆ
- Roma-ji
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Shigi no iru nosawa no oda o uchikaeshi tane makite keri shime haete miyu
- English Translation
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Where the snipe alight,
the small field in the marshy plain
they have turned the soil
and have sown the seed, it seems;
I see the boundary ropes stretched
- Meaning
- They have turned the soil of the little field in the marshy plain where the snipe alight and sown the seed, it seems; I can see the ropes stretched around it.
- Commentary
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Book One Spring Poems 74
From the ropes stretched around it, the poet knows that the paddy in the marshy plain where snipe alight has been tilled and sown. Like the preceding poem, it depicts farm work in the countryside.
The author, Kunimoto, is Tsumori no Kunimoto. He served as chief priest of the Sumiyoshi shrine and was also known as a poet.
First line, 'shigi no iru', means where the snipe settle, the waterbird evoking a marshy field.
Second line, 'nosawa no oda o', is a paddy by a marsh in the fields.
Third line, 'uchikaeshi', means turning over the soil; the same action of turning the paddy appears in 'as he turns the soil again' in poem 68.
Fourth line, 'tane makite keri', means they have sown the seed, and the poem breaks after the fourth line.
Final line, 'shime haete miyu', means the ropes can be seen stretched around it, answering the 'sacred rope' of poem 73.
- Author
- Tsumori no Kunimoto
- Source
- Kinyo Wakashu
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