#065 Pine crickets seem to stop the chirping of insects…
What kind of verse?
verse: |
Matsumushi mo, nakiyami nu naru, aki no no ni, dare yobu toteka, hanami nimo komu |
(imho): |
Pine crickets “matsu-mushi” which have a name of waiting someone, “matsu” means waiting, even they seem to stop the chirping of insects in automun fields. Everyone got tired of me, so I cannot go there even if someone call me. |
poet: |
Ise |
in: |
about 900 |
You can catch a glimpse of pattern of human relationships in a consort of Emperor more than 1000 years ago.
Although Ise served a empress, and was expelled from palace by a scandal. The master called her to return to, but she refused to go with this verse.