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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
結界の石段のぼる春の鹿 藤本美和子
kekkai no ishidan noboru haru no shika
sacred area
spring deer climbing
the stone steps
Miwako Fujimoto
from Haiku, a monthly haiku magazine, May 2022 Issue, Kabushiki Kaisha Kadokawa, Tokyo
飛べば消え止まれば光り蜂の翅 小川軽舟
tobeba kie tomareba hikari hachi no hane
they disappear in the air
they shine at rest
bee’s wings
Keishu Ogawa
from Haiku, a monthly haiku magazine, May 2022 Issue, Kabushiki Kaisha Kadokawa, Tokyo
チューリップかなしい春は誰にでも 依光陽子
chūrippu kanashii haru wa dare ni demo
tulips
everybody has
sad spring
Yoko Yorimitsu
from Haiku, a monthly haiku magazine, May 2022 Issue, Kabushiki Kaisha Kadokawa, Tokyo
永き日のうしろへ道の伸びてをり 村越化石
nagaki hi no ushiro e michi no nobiteori
long spring day
a road stretching
into my back
Kaseki Murakoshi
from Haiku Dai-Saijiki (Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006
Fay’s Note: Kaseki Murakoshi (1922-2014)
春の星ひとみに満たし別れけり 佐藤文香
haru no hoshi hitomi mi mitashi wakarekeri
spring stars
filling my eyes
we break up
Ayaka Sato
from Mambo 048, April 2023 issue, https://mambaweb29.blogspot.com/
Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi) 