8/18/17 Today’s Haiku (August 18, 2017)
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Reached the milestone of 3000 haiku here…
Thank you for visiting and sharing.
Fay Aoyagi
July 1, 2017
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
初秋や草をくぐれる水の音 鷲谷七菜子
hatsuaki ya kusa o kugureru mizu no oto
beginning of autumn—
water sound passing
under grass
Nanako Washitani
from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006
緑陰の時代に沈む館跡 坊城俊樹
ryokuin no jidai ni shizumu yakata ato
green tree shade…
a mansion house sinks
in time
Toshiki Bojo
from ‘Haidan,’ (‘Haiku Stage’) a monthly haiku magazine, August 2016Issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo
潜水艦繋がれてゐる晩夏光 戸松九里
sensuikan tsunagareteiru bankakô
a submarine
is moored…
late summer light
Kuri Tomatsu
from ‘Haidan,’ (‘Haiku Stage’) a monthly haiku magazine, August 2016Issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo
西鶴の女みな死ぬ夜の秋 長谷川かな女
saikaku no onna mina shinu yoru no aki
all the women die
in Saikaku’s drama
autumnal night
Kanajo Hasegawa
from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006
Fay’s Note: Kanajo Hasegawa (1887-1969) Saikaku is a Japanese poet and prose writer in the 17th century. ‘yoru no aki’ is a summer kigo, which means a night at the end of the summer with an autumn-like coolness.
泉の底に一本の匙夏了る 飯島晴子
izumi no soko ni ippon no saji natsu owaru
one spoon
at the fountain’s bottom
summer ends
Haruko Iijima
from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006
Fay’s Note: Haruko Iijima (1921-2000)
短夜のあけゆく水の匂かな 久保田万太郎
mijikayo no akeyuku mizu no nioi kana
a short summer night
ending…
a scent of water
Mantaro Kubota
from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006
Fay’s Note: Mantaro Kubota (1889-1963)
古池の深さ知らざりあめんばう Ｄ．Ｊ．リンズィー
furuike no fukasa shirazari amenbô
it doesn’t know
depth of an old pond…
water strider
D.J. Lindsay
from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006
