英語で味わう狂歌 大田南畝-6
Enjoying Kyoka in English: Nanpo Ota-6
年号は 安く長くと 変われども 諸色(ｼｮｼｷ)*高くて 今は明和九(ﾒｲﾜｸ; 迷惑)
大田南畝
Though the name of the era is, duly,
To become ‘Annei’, meaning,
Long and peaceful, literally,
It is still now in the 9th year of ‘Meiwa’**, or the year annoying,
As the prices of goods and services are high and rising.
Ota Nanpo
* いろいろな品; 物価; prices
** Meiwa 9; meiwa ku
年号が 令和となりて 計算が さらに複雑 平成(ﾍｲｾｲ､ﾍｲｾｰ; 平静)失う
中湖 康太
Hearing the name of the era is, duly,
To become ‘Reiwa’, or beautiful harmony,
Sourced from ‘Manyoshu’, serenely,
I will lose my ‘Heisei’, or equanimity,
As the conversion to western calendar will become more complicated inevitably.
Such as it is. お粗末
By Kota Nakako
(注) 狂歌(きょうか)とは、風刺、皮肉、しゃれ、滑稽を盛り込み、五・七・五・七・七の音で構成した諧謔形式の短歌。
Note: Kyoka is stirical, ironical or comical short Japanse poem, derived from Tanka, composed of 31 sylables, with a pattern of 5-7-5-7-7 sounds.
By Kota Nakako
2023/08/09
