古代羅馬の春

Villa di Livia春の韻ふむ館にて花と小鳥の壁画にひたる
(ヴィッラ ディ リヴィア はるの いんふむ やかたにて はなと ことりの へきがに ひたる)
(In Villa di Livia, you’ re surrounded by nothing but little birds, fruit trees, and wild flowers. Even the name of the villa is an internal rhyme. )

姫紫苑しとねに元老院の猫春秋しらずただ世紀越ゆ
(ひめじおん しとねに げんろういんの ねこ はるあき しらず ただ せいき こゆ)
(Around the Roman Senato, a cat is sitting on a mattress of Erigeron philadelphicus . She doesn’ t know whether it is spring or fall and is slumbering beyond the century.)


