英語で味わう狂歌 大田南畝-9
Enjoying Kyoka in English: Nanpo Ota-9
世の中は さてもせわしき 酒の燗(ｶﾝ) ちろりの袴(ﾊｶﾏ) 着たり脱いだり
大田南畝
Putting on and off pants, the secular world is busy,
Like adjusting the heat of sake in and out chirori pan incessantly.
Ota Nanpo
(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 satirical, ironical or comical short Japanese poem, derived from Tanka, composed of 31 syllables, with a pattern of 5-7-5-7-7 sounds.
By Kota Nakako
2023/10/11
