1/28/12 Today’s Haiku #1059 (January 28, 2012) posted
11/30/11 Tanka Translation 100 (Samio Maekawa) posted
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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
Thank you for visiting.
I am happy to announce that I posted 1000th post today! My translation has not been perfect, but I am trying to open the door, even a tiny bit, for haiku lovers who does not read Japanese. Thank you for your encouragement and support since I started this blog. I will continue to upload 2,000th…. 5,000th…. 10,000th….!? Hope you keep coming back…
Fay Aoyagi
November 30, 2011
San Francisco
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雪中の草一本を杖として 宇多喜代子
secchû no kusa ippon o tsue to shite
one stem of grass
in snow
as my walking stick
Kiyoko Uda
from ‘Haiku,’ a monthly haiku magazine, December 2011 Issue, Kadokawa Gakugei Shuppan, Tokyo
Fay’s Note: This haiku is from “Kioku” (“Memory”, a haiku collection by the poet), published in 2011
もう行けぬかも知れぬ森雪が降る 村越化石
mô yukenu kamo shirenu mori yuki ga furu
the forest
I may not be able to go anymore
snow falling
Kaseki Murakoshi
from “Haiku Shiki” (“Haiku Four Seasons,” a monthly haiku magazine) , December 2011 Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo
着膨れて算盤下手の暮らしかな 石川一歩
kibukurete soroban-beta no kurashi kana
bundled up
in winter clothing
my not-so-wealthy life
Ippo Ishikawa
from “Haiku Shiki” (“Haiku Four Seasons,” a monthly haiku magazine) , December 2011 Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo
Fay’s Note: Literal translation of ‘soroban-beta’ is ‘not good at the abacus.’
あの客が来ると時計がみな狂う 江里昭彦
ano kyaku ga kuru to tokei ga mina kuruu
with that guest
all the clocks
goes crazy
Akihiko Esato
from “Haiku Shiki” (“Haiku Four Seasons,” a monthly haiku magazine) , December 2011 Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo
Fay’s Note: This haiku has no kigo.
