英語で味わう狂歌 大田南畝-8
Enjoying Kyoka in English: Nanpo Ota-8
世の中に 蚊ほど煩(ｳﾙ)さき ものはなし 文武文武(ﾌﾞﾝﾌﾞﾌﾞﾝﾌﾞ)と 夜も寝られず
大田南畝
In this world, nothing is more annoying than mosquitoes buzzing.
I cannot sleep at night, as ‘pen and sword’* they are humming.
Ota Nanpo
* sounds ‘bunbu’, or literary and military arts in Japanese
(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。
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
2023/08/15
