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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
ふるさとを恋ふこともなく障子貼る 阿部みどり女
furusato o kou koto mo naku shoji haru
without longing for home
I repaper
shoji screens
Midorijo Abe
from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006
Fay’s Note: Midorijo Abe (1886-1980) ‘shoji haru’ (paper (or ‘repaper) a shoji screen) is an autumn kigo. FYI: ‘shoji’ itself is a winter kigo.
われら皆むかし十九や秋の暮 高柳重信
warera mina mukashi jyûku ya aki no kure
all of us used to be
nineteen years old—
autumn dusk
Jushin Takayanagi
from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006
Fay’s Note: Jushin Takayanagi (1923-1983)
一日の遠のくはやさ鰯雲 藤井南帆
ichinichi no tônoku hayasa iwashigumo
speed
of a day moving away
sardine clouds
Nanho Fujii
from “Haiku Shiki” (“Haiku Four Seasons,” a monthly haiku magazine), November 2016 Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo
どんぐりがあのねあのねとおちてくる 忽那みさ子
donguri ga anone anone to ochitekuru
acorns fall
saying ‘you know what…’
‘you know what…’
Misako Tsukuna
from “Haiku Shiki” (“Haiku Four Seasons,” a monthly haiku magazine), December 2017 Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo
