英語で味わう狂歌大田南畝-40 Enjoying Kyoka in English: Nanpo Ota-40

中湖康太

英語で味わう狂歌大田南畝-40
Enjoying Kyoka in English: Nanpo Ota-40

かりがねを　かへしもあへず　桜がり　汐干がりとて　かりつくしけり

大田南畝

One borrowing is repaid, another is created.
Cherry blossom viewing and seashell digging, one after another, with my debt capacity exhausted.

Ohta Nampo

Translated by Kota Nakako

(注) 狂歌(きょうか)とは、風刺、皮肉、しゃれ、滑稽を盛り込んだ5-7-5-7-7形式の短歌。江戸時代後期(18世紀後半)に隆盛し、天明狂歌として黄金期を迎える。大田南畝(蜀山人ｼｮｸｻﾝｼﾞﾝ; 1749-1823)は、その代表的文人、狂歌師。

Note: Kyoka is satirical, ironical or comical short Japanese poem, derived from Tanka, composed of 31 syllables, with a pattern of 5-7-5-7-7 sounds. It flourished and marked a golden age in the late Edo period in the late 18th century as Tenmei Kyoka. Ota Nampo, Shokusanjin (1749-1823), is one of the leading Kyoka poets.

2024/01/03