2023年11月 短歌
November 2023, Tanka
All rights reserved ©Rika Inami 稲美 里佳
<シラタマノキ湿原へ 7首 / Seven pieces of Tanka to Shiratamanoki Wetland>
1-
はるかなる原始の響き現在(いま)に聴くシラタマノキ湿原カオスの澱み
echoes
of the faraway primordial …
still, now I hear it
Shiratamanoki Wetland
stagnation of chaos
シラタマノキ湿原は秋田県・岩手県・宮城県・山形県にまたがる栗駒山を中心にした栗駒国定公園内にある湿原で、秋田県雄勝郡東成瀬村にあります。シラタマノキ湿原には、15000年以上前の最終氷期から堆積してきた泥炭の断面があり、学術上貴重な研究の地となっています。冬と春は雪で閉ざされますが、夏と秋は開放されます。私は、湿地名になっているシラタマノキの実が実る美しい紅葉の季節の秋に同地を訪ね短歌を詠いました。
※熊には気を付けてください。
Shiratamanoki Wetland is located in Higashinaruse Village, Ogachi-Gun, Akita Prefecture, within Kurikoma National Park centered on Mt. Kurikoma, which straddles Akita, Iwate, Miyagi, and Yamagata Prefectures. At Shiratamanoki Wetland, we can see the deposited peat since the last glacial period more than 15,000 years ago, making it a valuable site for academic research. It is closed by snow in winter and spring but open in summer and fall. I visited there in the fall with beautiful autumn foliage, when Shiratamanoki / Gaultheria pyroloides, which gave the site name, had fruits, and I composed Tanka.
※Please beware of Bears.
2-
ひとむらの白玉の共(むた)か穂芒の幽(かそ)けくそよぎ守りの音奏づ
along with
a cluster of white balls…
silver grasses
swaying ethereally and playing
sounds of the forest guardianship.
3-
きらきらときらめく星か森のなか小さき白玉 深緑映ゆる
in the forest…
like sparkling stars
tiny gems
white snowballs shimmer
in the deep green leaves
4-
そろりそろり草分けのぞく白玉の小さき耀きフェアリーの香
softly…silently…
through the weeds
I see
snowballs glittering
I smell fairies’ fragrance
5-
白玉の原生の地を一望に見ん木道(もくどう)の板踏みしだき
stepping firmly
on planks of the wooden path
I take
in a sweeping view
of Shiratamanoki primeval wetland
6-
栗駒の清しき流れ湿原の野辺(のへ)にもわたり玉藻を透かす
limpid stream
from Mt. Kurikoma
flows over
a marshy field revealing
algae-deposit
7-
原生の湿地に澱む緑藻の遥かなる世紀うつしたるかな
algae in green
stagnating in the virgin wetland
may reflect
many far-off centuries
of time
＜熊へ3首 / Three pieces of Tanka to Bears＞
今年、日本では人里に降りてくる熊の害が頻発しています。
山に生息しているはずの熊が人里、市街地にも表れ、田畑、果樹の農作物の被害だけでなく人身被害にまで及んでいます。
特に秋田県の熊による被害は日本一で、11月2日時点で65人が怪我をしています。人の影があれば、頭部顔面を狙って襲い重傷を負わせています。
原因は、主として今年のドングリ、ブナの実の不作、また個体数の過剰増加などが言われています。
私が住んでいる一帯でも、熊による人身被害があり、ごく身近な問題として詠いました。
Bears are frequently coming down to human settlements in Japan this year. These animals, which are supposed to live in the mountains, are causing significant damage to crops in fields and fruit trees and injuring humans.
The most affected region is Akita Prefecture. As of November 2, 65 people have been injured by bears. The bears attack the heads and faces of humans whenever they see their shadow.
It is said that the leading causes of their attacks are this year’s poor harvest of acorns and beech nuts and the overpopulation of bears.
My area also had a human casualty by a bear, so I composed tanka as a familiar problem.
8-
人里に降り徘徊(たもとほ)りわたること一里ばかりか熊の足跡
Bear footprints …
coming down from the mountains
to the human areas
and roaming and running
around about 2.44 miles
9-
ごそり鳴り篁の隙うかがへば熊の影かな太平山
rustling sounds…
looking through a break
in a bamboo thicket
we touch a bear’s shadow
at Mt. Taihei
10-
玉の緒の命と識らば里に降りたる熊や人に害なからむ
bears coming down
from mountains to cities…
if you recognized
life is short and fleeting
you would not harm people
Akita International Haiku Network 
all beautiful, huge congratulations, Rika !