高村規 / うみはひろいな / ちいさい秋

[eeky]

Hi,


1. 高村規写真事務所

Is 高村規 a personal name? I recognise 高村 as a surname, but I'm not sure whether 規 is part of this or something to do with 写真事務所.


2.

うみは ひろいな
おおきいな
つきは のぼるし
ひが しずむ
うみに おふねを
うかばせて
いってみたいな
よそのくに

My translation:

"The sea is wide and big; the moon rises and the sun sinks, seeming to make the boats float on the sea to foreign lands."

a) What is the subject of うかばせて? Is it implied to be the rising of the moon and the setting of the sun?

b) Is いってみたいな = 行って + みたい (seeming) + な (emphasis)?

c) I'm assuming よそのくに = 余所の国, but is there a missing implied particle like に? I mean, does it mean "to foreign lands"?


3. I gather this is a well-known song, but I can't seem to find a very coherent translation anywhere:

だれかさんが だれかさんが
だれかさんが みつけた
ちいさい秋 ちいさい秋
ちいさい秋 みつけた
めかくし鬼さん 手のなる方へ
すましたお耳に かすかにしみた
よんでる口ぶえ もずの声
...


a) What does ちいさい秋 refer to? Literal translations do not appear to make obvious sense.

b) What is the connection between だれかさんがみつけた and ちいさい秋? Does it mean だれかさんがちいさい秋をみつけた?

c) What does 手のなる refer to? Sound of clapping hands? Does 手のなる方へ mean that the blindfolded demons run towards the sound (if that's what it is)? Wouldn't they be more likely to run away?

d) Is there some implied verb of which 鬼さん is the subject and 手のなる方へ the target?

e) Do the last two lines mean "Listening carefully, I could just hear the whistle of the shrike calling"? Is this a brand new thought, or is it connected with what has gone before? (If it's all just impressionistic then fine, but I'm not confident I understand the overall structure and relations between the parts.)

 

[Mike Cash]

船を浮かばせて
The verb is in the causative form and the (unmentioned) subject is "I".

 

[Toritoribe]

1)
That's his given name; most likely ただし.

2)
The verse "つきは のぼるし ひが しずむ" expresses that the sea is wide and big as much as that.

b)
～てみる: to try to do
～たい: to want to do
～てみたい: to want to try to do

c)
Yes.

2) a)
You can think ちいさい秋 as "a faint indication of autumn".

b)
Yes.

c)
めかくし鬼 is a child's game; children call the blindfolded demon(= "it" in hide-and-seek) with clapping hands and singing a verse "鬼さんこちら 手の鳴るほうへ".

d)
Yes. めかくし鬼さんが手のなる方へ呼ばれている.

e)
As you might have already come to this idea from my explanation so far, the subject of the last two lines is めかくし鬼さん. He/She is listening carefully for the sound of their clapping hands, therefore he/she can hear a shrike calling, which is so faint that other children might not notice.

 

[eeky]

Thank you both.

2)
The verse "つきは のぼるし ひが しずむ" expresses that the sea is wide and big as much as that.

Do you mean that the sea is as wide and big as the moon rising and the sun setting? That comparison sounds strange in English in the way that I have phrased it, but is that the general idea?

～てみる: to try to do
～たい: to want to do
～てみたい: to want to try to do

So, does the last part mean "I want to try to make the boats float on the sea to foreign lands."?

Can ～てみたい ever have the sense "seeming", or am I thinking of ～たみたい?

めかくし鬼 is a child's game; children call the blindfolded demon(= "it" in hide-and-seek) with clapping hands and singing a verse "鬼さんこちら 手の鳴るほうへ".

So, basically, the other children are "calling" to the hiding child by clapping their hands, enticing that child to come out? Is that correct?

 

[Toritoribe]

Do you mean that the sea is as wide and big as the moon rising and the sun setting? That comparison sounds strange in English in the way that I have phrased it, but is that the general idea?

Right. It says that the sea is so wide and big that the moon rises and the sun sets.

So, does the last part mean "I want to try to make the boats float on the sea to foreign lands."?
Can ～てみたい ever have the sense "seeming", or am I thinking of ～たみたい?

Yes, you seem to be confusing ～てみたい with ～たみたい.

So, basically, the other children are "calling" to the hiding child by clapping their hands, enticing that child to come out? Is that correct?

No. The other children are calling to the blindfolded child. No one hides. I used "hide-and-seek" as an example to show what 鬼 means.

 

[eeky]

OK, thanks.

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