In this short video I discuss the images and emotions conveyed by the poems on the topic of ‘Summer Hunting’.
Summer Hunting (夏猟)
つねならぬかりのこの世はせこがいるなつのの刈の心ちこそすれ
tsune naranu
kari no kono yo wa
seko ga iru
natsuno no kari no
kokochi koso sure | So fleeting is
This transient world, where
My man does shoot;
As a summer plain reaped down
Is how I truly feel! |
Daishin
Summer Hunting (夏猟)
ねらひするしづをがさまをさをしかの一村草とみてやよるらん
neraisuru
shizuo ga sama o
saoshika no
hitomurakusa to
mite ya yoruran | Taking aim
As a peasant does,
Do the deer,
Clumped as grass,
Appear to draw near? |
Kanemasa
Summer Hunting (夏猟)
夏かりのせこがいる野にたつ鹿は秋よりさきにねをや鳴くらん
natsu kari no
seko ga iru no ni
tatsu shika wa
aki yori saki ni
ne o ya nakuran | For summer reaped are
The plains where my man does shoot;
Will the starting stags
Before the autumn
Begin to bell? |
Tadafusa
Summer Hunting (夏猟)
夏の野におちくる鹿を待ちかけてあふにあふともみゆるせなかな
natsu no no ni
ochikuru shika no
machikakete
au ni au tomo
miyuru sena kana | To the summer plains
Descend the deer,
Waiting expectantly;
Meet them I may, and yet
Their rumps are all I’ll see! |
Toshiyori
Summer Hunting (夏猟)
夏のたつをぎの葉ずりの風の音にふすののしかはいまやおくらむ
natsu no tatsu
ogi no hazuri no
kaze no oto ni
fusu no noshika wa
ima ya okuran | In summer arises
A rustling of the silver-grass with
The sound of wind
Will the lounging deer upon the plain
Now awake, perhaps? |
Akinaka
Summer Hunting (夏猟)
夏草のしげみをわけてかりくればかくれもあへぬ鹿のむらども
natsukusa no
shigemi o wakete
kari kureba
kakure mo aenu
shika no muradomo | When the summer grasses
Lush growth I part to
Come reaping,
Hidden so I’ll meet them not
Are the herds of deer… |
Higo
京極関白家肥後
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