KKS 19
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春日野の とぶひののもり いでて見よ 今いくかありて わかなつみてむ
Translation
[Topic unknown] [Poet unknown]
O guardian of the signal beacon (2) / on Kasuga plain, (1) / Come forth and look! / After how many more days / can we go pick young shoots?
Notes
- 春日野のとぶひののもり
- A 飛火 is a fire used to signal danger or warning across distances. The Shoku nihongi records such a signal fire being set up in Kasuga in 712. A 野守 watches over the field. Some commentaries parse this rather as 飛火野の守, which essentially means the same thing, although Template:Modern and maybe some pre-modern commentators consider 飛火野 to be a proper name. Other older commentaries attached various legends to this poem, while others had a problem with the signal fire being in a field rather than on a mountain where it could be better seen. Template:Edo thought that even if the fire was on a mountain, it was still fine to refer to Kasuga Field in the poem.
- いでて見よ
- This is the MR form of 見る, addressed to the guardian.
- つみてむ
- てむ is the completion つ in RY plus the volition む. Takeoka notes that this combination of particles usually indicates possibility rather than just volition.
Analysis
Most manuscripts switch the order of 18 and 19.
