英語で味わう古今和歌集 1002 紀貫之 98
Enjoying Kokin Waka Shu in English-1002 Ki no Tsurayuki-98
< 古歌(ﾌﾙｳﾀ)奉(ﾀﾃﾏﾂ)りし時の目録のその長歌(ﾅｶﾞｳﾀ) >
ちはやぶる
神の御代(ﾐﾖ)より 呉竹(ｸﾚﾀｹ)の
よよにも絶えず 雨彦(ｱﾏﾋﾞｺ)の
音羽(ｵﾄﾊ)の山の 春霞(ﾊﾙｶﾞｽﾐ)
思ひ乱れて 五月雨(ｻﾐﾀﾞﾚ)の
空もとどろに さ夜ふけて
山郭公(ﾔﾏﾎﾄﾄｷﾞｽ) 鳴くごとに
誰も寝覚めて 唐錦(ｶﾗﾆｼｷ)
龍田の山の もみぢ葉を
見てのみしのぶ 神無月
時雨(ｼｸﾞﾚ)しぐれて 冬の夜(ﾖ)の
庭もはだれに 降る雪の
なほ消えかへり 年ごとに
時につけつつ あはれてふ
ことを言ひつつ 君をのみ
千代(ﾁﾖ)にといはふ 世の人の
思ひするがの 富士の嶺(ﾈ)の
燃ゆる思ひも 飽(ｱ)かずして
別れるる涙 藤衣(ﾌﾁﾞｺﾛﾓ)
織(ｵ)れる心も 八千草の
言の葉ごとに すべらぎの
おほせかしこみ 巻々(ﾏｷﾏｷ)の
中に尽(ﾂｸ)すと 伊勢の海の
浦の潮貝(ｼﾎｶﾞﾋ) 拾ひあつめ
とれりとすれど 玉の緒(ｦ)の
短き心 思ひあへず
なほあらたまの 年を経(ﾍ)て
大宮にのみ ひさかたの
昼夜(ﾋﾙﾖﾙ)わかず つかふとて
かへりみもせぬ わが宿の
忍ぶ草生(ｵ)ふる 板間(ｲﾀﾏ)あらみ
降る春雨(ﾊﾙｻﾒ)の 漏(ﾓ)りやしぬらむ
紀 貫之
– Pilot translation. Subject words intentionally omitted.
Since the time of ferocious deity,
Like Henon bamboo,
And legs of millipede as many,
For generations, compiled continuously,
Spring haze covering Mt. Otoha,
After early summer rain uneasy,
Lata at night with thunders roaring,
Every time Lesser cuckoo sings,
Everyone awakening,
At Mt. Tatsuta flashy red leaves unveiled,
Admiring simply by seeing in Kananazuki,
At winter night with drizzling rain wetted,
In the garden snow falling sparsely,
Disappearing even more completely year after year,
In accordance with the time tastefully and elegantly,
Celebrating your long life,
Of thousands of years,
As everyone in this life,
At the peak of Mt. Fuji with his heart burning,
Never weary of his life,
Crying with tears of parting,
Mourning clothes wearing,
Various memories in my heart tirelessly weaving,
Humbly compiling for your majesty,
Into volumes every word and phrase worthy completely,
In the sea of Ise Bay,
Seashells collected and gathered bountifully,
Then strung through thoroughly,
Though not fully satisfied,
Year after year passing by,
Only in Omiya far away engaged,
Day and night inseparably,
Even unable to reflect my home momently,
The gap widened between shingles ruggedly,
With Orange daylily growing thickly,
Not comprehensive perhaps as in the spring rain leaky.
Ki no Tsurayuki
(鑑賞)
< 古歌を奉りし(献上した)時の目録とした長歌 >
歌は神代に始まり、世々に絶えることなく、今に至るまで以下のように詠まれています。
音羽山の春霞を惜しんで心が乱れる歌
五月雨の古夜更けに空をとどろかせて鳴く山ほととぎすに眠りを覚まされる歌
龍田山の紅葉を称賛する歌
十月の時雨、冬の夜に、庭にまだらに降る雪にと共に心がすっかり消える歌
年々、その時々に応じ、帝の長寿に祝いの言葉を発する歌
燃ゆる思いを秘めて別れる人々が涙する歌
喪に服する人の藤衣の織り糸のように乱れた心の歌
その他様々のことを詠んだ歌
これらの言葉を、それぞれ、恭(ｳﾔｳﾔ)しく仰せのとおりにいただき、巻々の中に収め尽くそうとしました。それはあたかも、伊勢の海の浦の潮貝を拾い集めるようです。しかし、才能のなさ、至らぬところから、長年にわたり、宮中で昼夜別たず仕え、我が家を思う暇もなく、忍ぶ草が生えた屋根板に隙間が生じたところから春雨が漏るように、(多くの良い歌が)漏れてしまっているかもしれません。
(Appreciation)
< Long poem preceding to the contents of old poems offered. >
Since the time of ferocious deity,
Poems have been composed for generations, continuously,
Like bamboo knots and and legs of millipede,
Uneasiness by missing spring haze covering Mt. Otoha,
Awakened by sings of Lesser cuckoo,
Echoeing in the air in the early summer rain late at night.
Praising flashy red leaves unveiled at Tatsutayama,
Vanishing memories along with melting snow falling sparsely in the garden of winter night,
Celebrating the long life of Your Majesty,
Year by year and occasion by occastion, accordingly,
Crying with tears of parting from familiar persons,
With hidden passionate feelings,
Tangled heart of a person in mourning,
Like weaven strings of Fujigoromo, mourning clothes.
These words and phrases, each by each, I humbly hear, receive,
And tries to put into volumes,
As if seashells were collected bountifully at Ise Bay,
Thus I have served at Court for many years,
Even unable to look back my home,
But lack of my abilities and capacity,
I might have overlooked many nice poems worthy of attention,
As if spring rain leaks through the gap between roof shingles.
Ki no Tsurayuki
By Kota Nakako
2024/10/18
