Onna Nabe

Onna Nabe (恩納なべ) was a ryuka poet who was born in Onna, Okinawa, and lived in the 18th century.

About Onna Nabe
Eisho Miyagi thought she had some spiritual power, and she danced as a religious person.

Ryuka
Original text
 * 恩納 松下に　禁止の碑 たちゅす 恋 しのぶまでぃの　禁止や ないさめ
 * 恩納岳 あがた 里が 生まれ島 もりも おしのけてぃ こがたなさな
 * 波の 声もとまれ　風の 声もとまれ　首里天がなし　美御機 拝ま

Transliteration


 * Unna Matyuisitani Tijunufenu Tachusu Kui Shinubumadinu Tijiya Naisami
 * Unnadaki Agata Satoga Umarijima Morimo Oshinuketi Kugatanasana
 * Naminu Kuemotomare Kazenu Kuemotomare Shuitinganashi Miunki Ogama

Translation
 * There stands a notice board of forbidding something under a pine tree of Onna Village. I hope the authorities are not forbidding affection between man and woman
 * Over Mount Onna, there is a village where my lover lives. I would like to push away the woods, and draw the village near to me
 * Be quiet, the sea waves. Be quiet, the sounds of the wind, Everyone. Bow the King and see his face

Ryuka on Onna Nabe
Original text
 * 間暮の 空に 立ちゅる 恩納岳

しばし 眺めゆん なべゆ 思てぃ
 * 明仁

Transliteration
 * Yumanguwinu Shurani Tachuru Unnadaki
 * Shibashi Nagameyun Nabeyu Umuti

Translation
 * Mount Onna stands clearly against the darkening sky
 * I watch it for some time, thinking of Onna Nabe (Akihito, 1987)