Hyakunin Isshu Oracle

No.83 皇太后宮大夫俊成(藤原俊成)「世の中よ 道こそなけれ 思ひ入る 山の奥にも 鹿ぞ鳴くなる」

世の中よ 道こそなけれ 思ひ入る 山の奥にも 鹿ぞ鳴くなる

皇太后宮大夫俊成(藤原俊成)

I walked out of the world — the deer was crying there too

I walked out of the world — the deer was crying there too

キーワードKeywords

No Way OutRetreatDeer CrySuffering FollowsRenunciation
★★ Miscellaneous

皇太后宮大夫俊成(藤原俊成)Fujiwara no Toshinari (Shunzei) — No. 83 公卿Court Noble

Compiler of the Senzaishū and father of Teika, who set medieval waka on its course with the ideal of yūgen.

よのなかよ みちこそなけれ おもひいる やまのおくにも しかぞなくなる

Yo no naka yo Michi koso nakere Omoi-iru Yama no oku ni mo Shika zo naku naru

現代語訳Modern Japanese

コンセプトConcept

情景The Scene

He has walked as far into the mountains as a person can walk — past the last field, past the last roof, into the place where nothing social remains. And there, in the dark trees, the same stag is crying. There was never an outside.

日本の美意識Japanese Aesthetic

Sabi (Loneliness Without Escape)

The poem denies the fantasy of relocation: the interior travels with you. Work made from this understanding stops trying to resolve its own sorrow and simply gives it accurate scenery. That accuracy is the consolation.