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Fay Aoyagi
April 17, 2024
San Francisco, CA
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In January 2009, I started translating tanka from “Gendai Tanka no Kansho 101” (Apreciation of Modern Tanka 101), an anthology written and edited by Ken Kodaka. It took longer than I thought, but I am happy to announce that the mission was completed at last!
Since I do not write tanka and some poets use classic Japanese, I found tanka translation more difficult than haiku translation. From now on (at least for a while), this blog will concentrate on haiku.
I appreciate your support and encouragement in the past 3 years!
Fay Aoyagi
November 30, 2011, San Francisco
万緑やおどろきやすき仔鹿ゐて 橋本多佳子
banryoku ya odorokiyasuki kojika ite
a myriad of green−
there is a fawn
easy to be surprised
Takako Hashimoto
from Haiku Dai-Saijiki (Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006
Fay’s Note: Takako Hashimoto (1899-1963) “banryoku” (myriad of green) is a summer kigo.
蝶低し葵の花の低ければ 富安風生
chō hikushi aoi no hana no hikukereba
a low-flying butterfly
when hollyhocks
are low
Fusei Tomiyasu
from Haiku Dai-Saijiki (Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006
Fay’s Note: Fusei Tomiyasu (1885-1979) “aoi” (hollyhock) is a summer kigo.
音たてて畳を歩く夜の蜘蛛 中村 遥
oto tatete tatami o aruku yoru no kumo
making sounds
it walks on tatami
a night spider
Haruka Nakamura
from Haidan, (Haiku Stage) a monthly haiku magazine, February 2019 Issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo
蟇歩く到り着く辺のある如く 中村汀女
hiki aruku tadoritsuku be no aru gotoku
a toad walks
as if it had
a place to reach
Teijo Nakamura
from Haiku Dai-Saijiki (Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006
Fay’s Note: Teijo Nakamura (1900-1988)
金魚連れ帰る家々よく見せて 阪西敦子
kingyo tsure kaeru ieie yoku misete
I bring back goldfish
showing them a full view
of houses on the way
Atsuko Sakanishi
from Kingyo (Goldfish), a haiku collection of Atsuko Sakanishi, Furansu-dō, Tokyo, 2024
Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi) 