In this short video I discuss the images and emotions conveyed by the poems on the topic of ‘Summer Hunting’.
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Eikyū hyakushu 196
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
Eikyū hyakushu 194
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
Eikyū hyakushu 193
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
Eikyū hyakushu 192
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
Eikyū hyakushu 190
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
Eikyū Hyakushu 195
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