2020年9月 短歌

September 2020, Tanka

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1.

有明の月むかふるは妙雲の間にひかへます鳥海の峰

awaiting in

a beauteous white cloud―

the summit of

Mt. Chokai does meet

the moon at daybreak

2.

刻々と秋は近きか早緑のやさしき棘の毬栗なづる　

moment by moment

autumn is coming

I touch

the soft thorn,

yellow-green chestnut

3.

朝日照り羊歯の葉末の露無きに残暑にうだる一日をおもふ

because

there is no dew on fern’s leaves

in the morning sun

I think of a day sweltering

in the lingering heat

4.

めくるめく草生の蜘蛛は銀糸はり木末（こぬれ）の陰に光呼びたり

dazzling…

spiders in bushes weaving

gossamer threads

call for the sparkling sun-rays

behind the branches

5.

秋雷はにはか轟き風をよぶ気のあやしきが家路は遠し

unexpectedly

autumn thunder arrives

and invites the wind…

worrying about unstable air

my way is long to home

6.

ねむられぬ一夜はあけて露ふかき稲穂にすだくこおろぎの歌

after

passing a wakeful night…

crickets gathering

in the rice field with deep dew

sing songs before harvest

7.

秋虫は二音四音に玲玲と響きつくして季(とき)の和音かな

autumn insects make

a seasonal chord with two

and four beats

playing the sound of ring-ring

all the way through in…