Dec 24, 2009 01:06
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行く春や濡れ場などとは縁のなく
Japanese to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
Haiku
Hi, stuck on another poem... Thanks for your help
Proposed translations
(English)
| 2 | The prime of my life is ending and my life had nothing to do with juicy love affairs |
Miho Ohashi
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References
| FYR |
cinefil
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| departing spring |
V N Ganesh
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| Loneliness Poem |
citronella-k
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Proposed translations
16 hrs
Miho Ohashi
Japan
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The prime of my life is ending and my life had nothing to do with juicy love affairs
I have no knowledge on the rules for tranlating a haiku into English, but I think you can translate this one along this line.
春 has a double meaning here, one is obviously a season as a 季語 （seasonary expression) and the other one is the prime of one's life, which has a sexual connotation in this case. The author looks back at his/her life and laughs at him/herself in a sarcastic way, realizing that his/her life had nothing to do with juicy love affairs.
春 has a double meaning here, one is obviously a season as a 季語 （seasonary expression) and the other one is the prime of one's life, which has a sexual connotation in this case. The author looks back at his/her life and laughs at him/herself in a sarcastic way, realizing that his/her life had nothing to do with juicy love affairs.
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Reference comments
44 mins
Reference:
FYR
ぬれば［濡れ場］
a love scene
E-DIC朝日出版社
ぬれば 濡れ場
a love [romantic] scene.
新和英中辞典
a love scene
E-DIC朝日出版社
ぬれば 濡れ場
a love [romantic] scene.
新和英中辞典
6 hrs
Reference:
departing spring
'departing spring'could be a metaphor for 'past/lost love'.just a guess.
Associations between love and spring and autumn are standard in the waka tradition. ..... equated both with youth and beauty, as a metaphor for love lost. ...
www.simplyhaiku.com/SHv4n3/features/Hulvey.html
Associations between love and spring and autumn are standard in the waka tradition. ..... equated both with youth and beauty, as a metaphor for love lost. ...
www.simplyhaiku.com/SHv4n3/features/Hulvey.html
11 hrs
citronella-k
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Reference:
Loneliness Poem
行く春や濡れ場などとは縁のなく
I have studied literature in a university, and I know that Haiku's include one Kigo=seasonal word, per one song. And here, the Kigo is 行く春。
Basho Matuo has read a lot of Haiku with the same Kigo 行く春, and often this Kigo creates the lonely and sentimental atmosphere as the flowery spring time is passing away.
I have studied literature in a university, and I know that Haiku's include one Kigo=seasonal word, per one song. And here, the Kigo is 行く春。
Basho Matuo has read a lot of Haiku with the same Kigo 行く春, and often this Kigo creates the lonely and sentimental atmosphere as the flowery spring time is passing away.
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