『名歌名句辞典』（佐々木幸綱・復本一郎/三省堂）より選句
飯田蛇笏 Iida-Dakothu
冬耕の婦がくづをれてだく児かな
昭和13年の作品。冬、農耕をする女性が、仕事の合間に、崩れるようにしゃがみ、連れて来た子を抱き寄せているよ。
A work from 1933. In winter, a farming woman crouched down and hugged the child she had brought with her.
夫は、徴兵されたのであろうか、それとも、仕事をしないのであろうか。「くずれる」の表現に、幼子のいる女性の厳しい状況を、想像してしまう。なお、この子、生きていれば、現在、90歳を超えた後期高齢者です。
I wonder if her husband was drafted into the military, or if he doesn't work. When I hear the word crumble, I can imagine the harsh situation faced by a woman with a young child. By the way, if this child were still alive, he would now be in the latter stages of his senior year, over 90 years old.
彼は、おそらく覚えていないであろうし、母の墓を見てもわかるまい。崩れるように子を抱く、母の思いは、俳句の17文字の中では推し量れない。
He probably won't remember, and won't be able to tell by looking at his mother's grave. The feelings of a mother as she holds her child in a crumbling manner cannot be captured in the 17 characters of the haiku.
