Poppy Gifts & Prudent Fish.

More from Ochi Etsujin's "Wild Fields" [Ara No.]:

# 1

I live the life of a god
if I receive my poppy gifts
on my wife's name.

# 2

First spring day, no more
drinking for a change of name
into "Prudent Fish".

# 3

Year's end --
I hide my grey hairs
from my parents.


[白狐]

NOTES:

Ochi Etsujin was one of the 10 great disciples of Bashô.

# 1 >


妻の名のあらばけし給へ神送り（『あら野』）

tsuma no mei no
araba keshi tama(h)e
kami okuri.


my-wife's name/reputation-'s >> due to my wife's reputation /
[ara(-ï)+ba = if rough/violent/wild
or: araba = areba = if there is, if I have]
poppy wages/grant/gift/allowance /
god lead(-a-life).

# 2 >


はつ春のめでたき名なり賢魚ゝ（『あら野』）

hatsu haru
nome-detaki mei nari
satoshi sakana.


beginning-of-spring/first-spring-day /
(through) "drink-withdrawal" > nome-tettai > abstinence from drink
reputation/name becomes/changes-into /
wise/prudent fish.

# 3 >


行年や親にしらがをかくしけり（『あら野』）

gyou nen ya
oya ni shiraga wo
kakushi keri.


going [ending] year -- / from parent(s) grey ("white") hairs / I hide.
Year's end -- / I hide my grey hairs / from my parents.

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Source: http://wkdhaikutopics.blogspot.nl/2010/11/ochi-etsujin.html

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