稲美里佳の短歌：Tanka by Rika Inami (53)

2022年1月 短歌

January 2022, Tanka

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1

新玉にしきり降りくる雪秘むる魔性の刃ゆるびなきもの

in the New Year

snow falls endlessly

while hiding

the blade of demon

…a harsh one

2

白冴えの装束まとひ雪女かなた影らふ雪しまく朝　　

Yuki-Onna’s silhouette

in pure white kimono

from afar–

on the morning

with razing blizzard

※” Yuki-Onna” is a Japanese spectre that means snow fairy or snow woman with terrible power to freeze humans and things.

3

空透かぬ雪の日に聞く雪の事故 山の遭難 除雪に車

opaque sky–

you heard the accidents due

to the snow

lost in the mountain

snow plougher and drivers

4 

雪雲に日遮られし真昼間に地に喰はれにし一人(いちにん)すすむ

at midday

snow clouds blocking

out rays

one being eaten by the earth

walks ahead 

5

家並みの交はり深き温もりにしまき和らぎ雪華舞ひちる　　　　

in the houses’ row

blizzard changes to fluffy snow

because

people interact with each other

in the close warmth

6

橋なかばここまでと雪また荒びやさしくあらず 帰路の厳しき　　

amid the bridge–

so much for grace

snow turns

rough again, making

my homeward path severe

7

新しきアウターに笑む 雪道にドライブ厭ふ牛歩の途上

while walking slow

I smile at my new outerwear–

on the day

of avoiding a drive due

to the snowy road

8

幸ある日けふは降らずとおぼゆるもけふも降りたり 暮雪こんこん

a happy day–

although I thought it would

not snow

also, today, evening snow

falls thick and fast

＜Year-End 2021 / 2021年の暮＞

9

ふうはりと白雪のまふイオン駐車場に愛車まつ聖なる夜

Christmas Eve—

white snow drifting

lightly fluffily

a beloved car waits for me

in the parking lot of Aeon

10

顧みて嘆き深きの一大事を正念場とする一年（ひととせ）暮る

in retrospect…

a year with a deep grief and

a critical problem

that became the moment of truth

comes to a close