The Hippopotamus
河馬
中島敦 · Japanese
A poet's bestiary in tanka form: a yawning hippo, a Schopenhauer-faced raccoon dog, a brooding camel, an aging elephant.
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A poet's bestiary in tanka form: a yawning hippo, a Schopenhauer-faced raccoon dog, a brooding camel, an aging elephant. Each creature becomes a small mirror of human feeling.
The Hippopotamus
河馬
中島敦 · Japanese
A poet's bestiary in tanka form: a yawning hippo, a Schopenhauer-faced raccoon dog, a brooding camel, an aging elephant.
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河馬 中島敦 河馬の歌 うす紅くおほに開ける河馬の口にキャベツ落ち込み行方知らずも ぽつかりと水に浮きゐる河馬の顏郷愁も知らぬげに見ゆ この河馬にも機嫌・不機嫌ありといへばをかしけれどもなにか笑へず 赤黒きタンクの如く並びゐる河馬の牝牡われは知らずも 水の上に耳と目とのみ覗きゐていぢらしと見つその小さきを × × わが前に巨き河馬の尻むくつけく泰然として動かざりけり 無禮げにも我が眼の前にひろごれる河馬の臀のあなむくむくし 臀のたゞ中にして三角の尻尾かはゆし油揚のごと これやこのナイルの河のならはしか我に尻向け河馬は糞する 事終り小さき尻尾がパシヤ／＼と尻を叩きぬ動きこまかに 丘のごと盛上る尻をかつ／″＼も支へて立てる足の短かさ 三角の尻尾の先端ゆ濁る水のまだ滴りて河馬は動かず 狸 春晝の靜けきまゝに暫くは狸の面の澁きを嘉す 藁の上に驚き顏の狸はもショペンハウエルに似たりけらずや 瞞すなど誰がいひけむ瞞されて身を嘆きなむ狸の面ぞ 黒豹 ぬばたまの黒豹の毛もつや／＼と春陽しみみに照りてゐにけり 思ひかね徘徊るらむぬば玉の黒豹いまだ独り身ならし マント狒 マント狒は身長三尺余、毛は長
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A poet's bestiary in tanka form: a yawning hippo, a Schopenhauer-faced raccoon dog, a brooding camel, an aging elephant. Each creature becomes a small mirror of human feeling.
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