英語で味わう狂歌大田南畝-62 Enjoying Kyoka in English: Nanpo Ota-62

中湖康太

英語で味わう狂歌大田南畝-62
Enjoying Kyoka in English: Nanpo Ota-62

大井川　かも川よりも　川越(ｶﾜｺﾞ)しの　ちんが心に　まかせざる雨

大田南畝

Oigawa is more difficult than Kamogawa to cross the river.
The rainfall is more than I, the emperor, can command whatsoever.

Ohta Nampo

ちん[tʃín; jap.]; 朕; 賃 (homonym of ちん); I (the royal); wage

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.

2024/01/11