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Fay Aoyagi
February 16, 2020
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
初夏やしづかな河原まで家出 江渡華子
hatsunatsu ya shizukana kawara made iede
early summer—
running away from home
to the quiet river beach
Hanako Eto
from Warau (Smile), haiku collection of Hanako Eto, Furansu-do, Tokyo 2015
五月雨が生家をたたく返事がない 田島健一
samidare ga seika o tataku henji ga nai
May rain knocks
the house I was born
no answer
Kenichi Tajima
from Tadanaranu Po (Unusual ‘Po’), haiku collection of Kenichi Tajima, Furansu-do, Tokyo 2017
ピアニストのときどきえくぼ聖五月 宮崎斗士
pianisuto no tokidoki ekubo sei-gogatsu
occasionally a dimple
on the pianist’s face
holy May
Toshi Miyazaki
from Sonna Ao (That Kind of Blue), haiku collection of Toshi Miyazaki, Rikka Shorin, Tokyo 2014
Fay’s Note: “sei-gogatsu” (holy May) or “seibo-zuki” (the Holy Mother’s month) is a summer kigo.
またおなじ話にもどる日永かな 黛 執
mata onaji hanashi ni modoru hinaga kana
returning
to the same story, again…
long spring day
Shu Mayuzumi
from Haidan, (Haiku Stage) a monthly haiku magazine, June 2017 Issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo
