Pinks (瞿麦)
露はらひをる人もなき故郷にひとりのみぬるとこなつのはな
tsuyu harai To brush away the dewfall
Higo
Pinks (瞿麦)
おぼつかなからなでしこをここまでにたれかわたしてうゑはじめけん
obotsukana How strange!
Kanemasa
Pinks (瞿麦)
石竹の花さくやどにいかにしてふしよき竹をませにゆはまし
tokonatsu no A pink
Tadafusa
Pinks (瞿麦)
今朝も又いざみにゆかんさゆりばに枝さしかはすやまとなでしこ
kesa mo mata This morning once more,
Toshiyori
Pinks (瞿麦)
床なつのこれにしく花なかりけりまがきにさける山となでしこ
tokonatsu no Upon a bed in summer
Nakazane
An allusive variation on Genji monogatari 15 .
Pinks (瞿麦)
山がつのかきほなれどもなでしこはかはらぬ色をつくしてぞさく
yamagatsu no A mountain man’s
Akinaka
An allusive variation on: KKS XIV: 742 and Genji monogatari 14 .
Here’s a short video in which I talk about the first third summer topic in Eikyū hyakushu , ‘Summer Grasses’ (夏草), as well as going through the poems and providing some commentary on what the poems mean, and some of the vocabulary used.
Summer Grasses (夏草)
夏山のすそのの草やふかからん分けくる人のそでの露けさ
natsuyama no In the summer mountains,
Tadafusa
Summer Grasses (夏草)
ひざかりはかきねがくれに立ちよらでたれを恋草もえたてるらん
izakari wa The searing summer sun
Toshiyori
Summer Grasses (夏草)
くだら野のちがやが下のひめゆりのね所人にしられぬぞうき
kudarano no On Kudara meadow,
Nakazane
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