かりに来る人も着よとや藤袴
秋の野ごとに鹿のたつらむ
秋の野ごとに鹿のたつらむ
- Roma-ji
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Kari ni kuru hito mo kiyo to ya fujibakama aki no no goto ni shika no tatsuramu
- English Translation
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For those who come to hunt,
is it saying, wear it too,
the fujibakama,
that on every autumn field
the deer stand, as if to cut it
- Meaning
- Is it so that those who come to hunt may wear the fujibakama, if only for a while, that on every autumn field the deer stand as though cutting the cloth?
- Commentary
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Book Three Autumn Poems 235
Deer stand in every autumn field, the poet says, as if cutting out fujibakama trousers to dress even the hunters who come. Playing on hakama in the flower's name and putting double meanings into kari and tatsu, the poem playfully depicts an autumn field of deer and fujibakama.
From poem 234 through poem 236 in this book come poems on the fujibakama, the 'wisteria trousers' flower, sung with words of clothing such as hanging, wearing and coming unstitched, in keeping with its name.
First line, 'kari ni kuru', is a pivot word in which kari means both coming to hunt and coming briefly, for a while.
Second line, 'hito mo kiyo to ya', means telling people to wear it too; kiru, to wear, is an associated word with hakama, and ya binds with ramu in the final line.
Third line, 'fujibakama', is one of the seven flowers of autumn, treated as a garment for the hakama in its name.
Fourth line, 'aki no no goto ni', means in every autumn field.
Final line, 'shika no tatsuramu', is a pivot word in which tatsu means both for deer to stand and to cut cloth for trousers; ramu conjectures the cause.
- Source
- Kinyo Wakashu
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