綾取りの橋くぐりゆく赤蜻蛉 田中亜美
ayatori no hashi kuguriyuku akatombo
cat’s cradle bridge
a red dragonfly
passing through it
Ami Tanaka
from “Haiku Shiki” (“Haiku Four Seasons,” a monthly haiku magazine) , December 2012 Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo
Fay’s Note: ‘ayatori’ (cat’s cradle) is a play to make a bridge and other things using a wool string.
針降りて銀河につなぐコルトレーン 秋尾 敏
hari orite ginga ni tsunagu korutorein
putting down a needle…
Coltrane connected
to the Milky Way
Bin Akio
from ‘Haidan,’ (‘Haiku Stage’) a monthly haiku magazine, September 2013 Issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo
梨を剥く女かすかな火の匂ひ 山岸由佳
nashi o muku onna kasukana hi no nioi
a woman
peeling a pear
a faint scent of a fire
Yuka Yamagishi
from “Mame no Ki” (Pee Tree), No. 21, May 2017 Issue, published by Mame no Ki haiku group, Tokyo
秋の夜の雨すふ街を見てひとり 横山白虹
aki no yo no ame suu machi o mite hitori
I look at the city
sucking autumn night rain…
alone
Hakko Yokoyama
from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006
Posted in Haiku, Haiku Translation: Today's Haiku
三日月のせた水輪こちらへ来たがるよ 中村草田男
mikazuki noseta suirin kochira e kitagaruyo
a watering
with a tree-day moon on its top
wants to come to this side
Kusatao Nakamura
from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006
Fay’s Note: Kusatao Nakamura (1901-1983)
Posted in Haiku, Haiku Translation: Today's Haiku
キッチンを抜け露草に逢ひにゆく 森下充子
kicchin o nuke tsuyukusa ni aini yuku
passing a kitchen
I go to see
a spiderwort
Mitsuko Morishita
from ‘Haidan,’ (‘Haiku Stage’) a monthly haiku magazine, September 2014 Issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo
助走して飛びたき鶏や鳳仙花 熊崎かず子
josô shite tobitaki tori ya hôsenka
a hen in an approach run
to fly—
balsam flower
Kazuko Kumazaki
from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006
