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3000th!

Reached the milestone of 3000 haiku here…

Thank you for visiting and sharing.

Fay Aoyagi

July 1, 2017

San Francisco, CA

 

 

 

Tanka Translation 100th tanka uploaded!

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

 

 

Today’s Haiku (April 20, 2018)

うぐひすに冷たき舌のありぬべし　　夏井いつき

uguisu ni tsumetki shita no arinubeshi

            bush warbler…

            it must have

            a cold tongue

                                                Itsuki Natsui

from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006

Today’s Haiku (April 19, 2018)

やへざくら田に幾枚も山の水　　　矢島渚男

yaezakura ta ni ikumai mo yama no mizu

            double-blossom cherries

            sheets of mountain water

            in the rice field

                                                Nagisao Yajima

from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006

Today’s Haiku (April 18, 2018)

方丈の大庇より春の蝶　　　高野素十

hôjô ôhisashi yori haru no chô

from a canopy

of the abbot’s residence

a spring butterfly

                                    Suju Takano

from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006

Fay’s Note:  Suju Takano (1893-1976)

Today’s Haiku (April 17, 2018)

切り株にランチボックス春の森　　山崎ひさを

kirikabu ni ranchi bokkusu haru no mori

            a lunch box

            on a stump

            spring woods

                                                Hisao Yamazaki

 

from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006

Today’s Haiku (April 16, 2018)

ゴリラいて春あけぼのへ首のばす　　岸本マチ子

goria ite haru akebono e kubi nobasu

            a gorilla…

            he stretches his neck

            towards the spring dawn

                                                            Machiko Kishimoto

from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006

Today’s Haiku (April 15, 2018)

はるばると海よりころげきし栄螺　　　秋元不死男

harubaruto umi yori korogekishi sazae

            tumbling all the way

            from the ocean

            a turban shel

                                                Fujio Akimoto

from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006

Fay’s Note:  Fujio Akimoto (1901-1977)

Today’s Haiku (April 14, 2018)

真中より揺らぎいそぎんちやく展く　　奥坂まや

manaka yori yuragi isoginchaku hiraku

            swaying in the middle

            a sea anemone

            opens

                                                            Maya Okusaka

from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006