6/22/17 Today’s Haiku (June 22, 2017)
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Believe or not, 2500th translation on New Year’s Day!
Thank you for visiting and sharing.
Fay Aoyagi
January 1, 2016
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
川のみづ海のみづ夏ゆふべかな 西原天気
kawa no izu umi no mizu natsu yûbe kana
river’s water
and ocean’s water…
summer dusk
Tenki Saibara
from “Shûkan Haiku” (“Haiku Weekly”) #482, 8/27/16 Issue, http://weekly-haiku.blogspot.com
まだ顔をもたずに伸びて青芒 遠藤剛至
mada kao o motazuni nobite aosusuki
it grows
without having a face yet…
green pampas grass
Takeshi Endo
from “Shûkan Haiku” (“Haiku Weekly”) #485, 8/27/16 Issue, http://weekly-haiku.blogspot.com
国引の力もて引け兜虫 大谷弘至
kunibiki no chikara mote hike kabutomushi
with power
which moves a country
pull, beetle!
Hiroshi Ohtani
from ‘Haiku,’ a monthly haiku magazine, June 2016 Issue, Kabushiki Kaisha Kadokawa, Tokyo
今年竹空をたのしみはじめけり 大串 章
kotoshidake sora o tanoshimi hajimekeri
this year’s bamboo
it begins to enjoy
the sky
Akira Ohgushi
from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006
どの国の時計に似たる時計草 後藤比奈夫
dono kuni no tokei ni nitaru tokeisô
which country’s clock
it resembles…
a ‘clock’ grass
Hinao Goto
from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006
Fay’s Note: ‘tokeisô’ (‘clock’ grass, or passion flower) is a summer kigo.
ひとりとは火蛾に小さく叫びたる 正木ゆう子
hitori towa higa ni chiisaku sakebitaru
what is living alone…
I shout quietly
at a fire moth
Yuko Masaki
from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006
山の辛夷は鬱たるみどり夏蚕飼う 森 澄雄
yama no kobushi wa utsu taru midori natsugo kau
a mountain magnolia
with melancholic green…
summer silkworms at home
Sumio Mori
from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006
Fay’s Note: Sumio Mori (1919-2010)
