Hyakunin Isshu Oracle

No.58 大弐三位「有馬山 猪名の笹原 風吹けば いでそよ人を 忘れやはする」

有馬山 猪名の笹原 風吹けば いでそよ人を 忘れやはする

大弐三位

the grass says soyo, soyo — yes: as if I would forget

the grass says soyo, soyo — yes: as if I would forget

キーワードKeywords

Bamboo Grass RustleWind SoundTalking BackMount ArimaFidelity
Love

大弐三位Daini no Sanmi — No. 58 女房・姫Court Lady

Daughter of Murasaki Shikibu, who served at court like her mother and made her own name as a poet.

ありまやま いなのささはら かぜふけば いでそよひとを わすれやはする

Arimayama Ina no sasahara Kaze fukeba Ide soyo hito o Wasure ya wa suru

現代語訳Modern Japanese

コンセプトConcept

情景The Scene

Wind crosses a plain of bamboo grass and the whole field says soyo, soyo. She picks the sound up and answers with it: yes, exactly — as if I would be the one to forget you.

日本の美意識Japanese Aesthetic

Kotodama (The Word as Vessel)

An onomatopoeia is promoted into dialogue, so the landscape argues on her behalf. Field sound that happens to sound like speech is a gift — let it talk.