花梅の季節が到来

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8_RSbYuDPI

　早いもので令和２年も、ひと月が終わりました。この一ヶ月間、何か収穫があっただろうかと自問してます。今朝、やっと梅が一輪咲きました。鹿児島という品種の紅梅です。大分暖かいので５種類ある庭の梅の蕾が膨らみ、「立春」になるとかなり開花しそうな気配です。さながら「梅林」のようでしょう。お近くの人は見に来てください。

 One month of Reiwa 2 has already ended. I'm asking myself if there was any harvest in the past month. At last, a flower of plum blossomed this morning. It is a red plum of a variety called Kagoshima. Due to too warm, the buds of the five plums in the garden are swelling, and it is likely to bloom considerably in "the first day of spring named Risshun". It is exactly just like plum grove "Bairin". Please come to see if you are near hear.

　ところで、私の名前には珍しく「香」の字が付いてます。中国では女性の名によく「香」あり、シャンと発音します。日本では男性に付いてる例はほとんど見かけません。父は生涯に推定２００人ほどの人に名を付けましたが、自らの最後の子に男の子が生まれたので、選りに選って「香」を付けたのでしょう。もしかして昔から庭には梅の木があったので私と同様、梅の香りが好きだったのかもしれません。生前に理由をよく訊いておばよかったです。後の祭りだ。

 By the way, unusually my name has the letter of "fragrance". In China, women often have fragrance in their names pronounced Shan. In Japan, there are few examples for men. My father named estimated 200 people in his lifetime, but since his last child was born as a boy, he would have chosen the letter of "fragrance". Perhaps there was a plum tree in the garden for a long time, so he liked the fragrance of plum like me. I should have asked the reason why my name was included the letter of fragrance before my father died. It's too late now. The damage is done.