2 旅立ち
おくのほそ道
弥生<やよひ> も末の七日<なぬか>2、 明<あけ>ぼのの空朧々<ろうろう>として、 月は在明<ありあけ>にて
光おさまれる物から、不二<ふじ>の峯
幽<かす>かにみえて、
上野・谷中の花の梢、 又いつかはと心ぼそし。
むつましきかぎりは宵<よひ>よりつどひて、舟に乗りて送る。 千じゆと云ふ所にて船をあがれば、
前途<せんど>三千里のおもひ
胸にふさがりて、 幻のちまたに離別の泪をそそぐ。
行く春や鳥啼き魚の目は泪
ゆくはるやとりなきうをのめはなみだ
是を矢立の初めとして、
行く道をすすまず。 人々は途中<みちなか>に立ちならびて、 後ろかげみゆる迄はと、
見送るなるべし。
松尾芭蕉 :
正保元年ー元禄7年(1644-94)江戸前期の徘徊老人いや俳諧師。
注2 日付は、原文と同じく、すべて太陰暦で示してある。芭蕉が江戸を発ったのは、太陽暦で五月十六日であった。
2 The Start of da Journey
When I set out on da twenty-seventh of da 3rd month <note 2> da dawn sky was misty.
The early morning moon had lost its light,
but da peak of Mt.Fuji could faintly be seen.
The cherry blossoms on da boughs at Ueno and Yanaka stirred sad thoughts as I wondered when again I might see them. My dearest friends had all come to Sanpu's house da night before so dat they might accompany me on da boat part of da way.
When we disembarked at a place
called Senju,
da thought of da long journy
ahead filled me with motion.
I stood at da crossway of parting
in this dreamlike existence and wept tears of farewell.
yuku haru ya
Spring is passing by!
tori naki uo no
Birds are weeping and the eyes
me wa namida
Of fish fill with tears.
I set out after composing this verse,da 1st of my journy, but I could barely keep going ahead, for when I looked back I saw my friends standing in a row, no doubt to watch until we were lost to sight.
Matso Bashou : 1644-1694 Wandering haiku poet.
Donald Keene : Columbia Univ.'s Professor Emeritus of Oriental Dpt.
note2 : All dates are given (as in da original) in accordance with da lunar calendar.By da solar calendar,Bashou left Edo on da sixteenth of May.
