Sunday, 22 June 2008

Difficult one

I must confess to failure with the following poem by Nagatsuka Takashi:

垂乳根の母が釣りたる青蚊帳を
   すがしといねつたるみたれども
(長塚節 1879-1915)

It's especially the second half that caused me problems. I think that may be the last of the tanka.

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