Kokinshu #172
Friday, 2 December 2011 07:12![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lnhammer (Topic unknown.)
Only yesterday
we transplanted the seedlings.
All of a sudden
the rice leaves are rustling
and the autumn winds blowing.
kinô koso
sanae torishika
itsu no ma ni
inaba soyogite
akikaze no fuku
---L.
Only yesterday
we transplanted the seedlings.
All of a sudden
the rice leaves are rustling
and the autumn winds blowing.
—5 November 2011
(Original author unknown.) "Rustling" is not a perfect translation, as it can imply drier leaves than the susurrating of soyogu, but it's the closest English equivalent without resorting to direct onomatopoeia. Compare the timeslip to #116.kinô koso
sanae torishika
itsu no ma ni
inaba soyogite
akikaze no fuku
---L.