Kokinshū KKS XII: 600 13th June 2020 temca 3 Comments Topic unknown. 夏虫をなにかいひけむ心から我も思ひにもえぬへらなり natumusi onani ka iFikemukokoro karaware mo omoFi nimoenuberanariAbout the summer insectsWhat is there to say?From deep within my heartI, too, with fires of passionCan only burn! Mitsune
The answer to your question is, I think, ‘No.’ For this to work as engo, you would need the next ‘line’ of the poem to begin with ‘ri’, so the whole would be ‘kemu/ri’. Without it, I don’t think the audience would see the association. Reply
Is the けむ in いひけむ used as an associative word (smoke) for the image of burning?
The answer to your question is, I think, ‘No.’ For this to work as engo, you would need the next ‘line’ of the poem to begin with ‘ri’, so the whole would be ‘kemu/ri’. Without it, I don’t think the audience would see the association.
I see, thank you for the clarification. I am still trying to understand the engo technique.