No.95 前大僧正慈円「おほけなく 憂き世の民に おほふかな わが立つ杣に 墨染の袖」
おほけなく 憂き世の民に おほふかな わが立つ杣に 墨染の袖
前大僧正慈円
it is too much to claim — still I spread this black sleeve
it is too much to claim — still I spread this black sleeve
キーワードKeywords
前大僧正慈円Jien — No. 95 僧・法師Monk
天台座主を四度務めた高僧。九条兼実の弟で、愚管抄の著者・慈円。
A high priest who headed the Tendai school four times; brother of Kujō Kanezane and author of the history Gukanshō.
おほけなく うきよのたみに おほふかな わがたつそまに すみぞめのそで
Ōkenaku Ukiyo no tami ni Ōu kana Waga tatsu soma ni Sumizome no sode
現代語訳Modern Japanese
身に過ぎたことではあるが、この憂き世の民を覆い守りたい——わたしが立つこの杣山で、墨染の袖を広げて。
コンセプトConcept
宗教者としての使命を、「袖で覆う」という具体的な身振りで語る歌。誇りではなく「おほけなく(身に過ぎて)」から始める謙抑が要。
情景The Scene
A monk on a logging mountain, spreading the sleeves of his black robe as if a piece of cloth could be held over an entire suffering population. He says himself that it is presumptuous. He does it anyway.
日本の美意識Japanese Aesthetic
渋み (しぶみ)
抑えることで強くなる美。完全に消すのではなく、ぎりぎりまで押さえたうえで一箇所だけ漏らす。漏れた一音を聴き手が先に気づく——その順番が効く。
Shibumi (Understated Vocation)
A vast intention is expressed as one small physical gesture, prefaced by an admission of inadequacy. Scale down the action and admit the gap; the ambition reads as sincere.