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Hyakunin Isshu #32
Thursday, 4 February 2010 07:48 In the mountain stream
the wind has built up a weir
like those for fishing,
and not even autumn leaves
can flow past on the current.
yamakawa ni
kaze no kaketaru
shigarami wa
nagare mo aenu
momiji narikeri
* ETA: At least, if you completely miss the point of what a cupola is, and that an attributive form means it's the leaves and not the current that cannot flow. "The weir (etc.) is leaves (that cannot flow on)." Live and learn.
---L.
the wind has built up a weir
like those for fishing,
and not even autumn leaves
can flow past on the current.
— 31 January 2010
Original by Harumichi no Tsuraki. The last two lines are, grammatically, a bit thorny* -- are the leaves the weir or caught in it? -- though it's easy to catch the drift, so to speak.yamakawa ni
kaze no kaketaru
shigarami wa
nagare mo aenu
momiji narikeri
* ETA: At least, if you completely miss the point of what a cupola is, and that an attributive form means it's the leaves and not the current that cannot flow. "The weir (etc.) is leaves (that cannot flow on)." Live and learn.
---L.