100 HAIKUs of TAKAHAMA Kyoshi (31~40)

     

(10 haikus of Kyoshi Takahama, translated by Satoshi Kinoshita)

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(31) この路を我等が行くや探梅行 (S2. 1927)

     (konomichiwo wareragayukuya tanbaiko)

      this road

      we’ll take, to find

      plum blossoms

          

(32) 群雀鳴子にとまる朝ぼらけ　(M24. 1891)

     (muresuzume narukonitomaru asaborake) 

      a group of sparrows

      perch on a rattle-scarer_

      daybreak sunlight

    　　

(33) 春惜む輪廻の月日窓に在り (T3. 1914）

    (haruoshimu rinnenotsukihi madoniari)

     the sun and the moon,

     transmigrating in the window_

     I treasure the spring

       　

(34) 一片の落花見送る静かな　(S2. 1927）

    (ippenno rakkamiokuru sizukakana)

     watching a petal of cherry-blossoms

     falling down,

     what a silence!

       

(35) この庭の遅日の石のいつまでも　(S2. 1927)

    (kononiwano chijitsunoishino itsumademo)

     the stones of this garden

     in a lengthening day

     will lie forever 　　　

The following translation published in Terebess Asia Online (TAO) is in appropriate in terms of word order.

  　The rocks in this garden 

　　Remain forever 

　　In the lengthening days of spring

　　　  

(36) やり羽子や油のやうな京言葉 (S2. 1927）

    (yarihagoya aburanoyouna kyoukotoba)

    “yarihago” shuttlecock_

     the oily sound of

     Kyoto accents     

The following translation published in Terebess Asia Online (TAO) is wrong because "yarihago" is different from Battledore and shuttlecock.  Also,(：) is inappropriate.

　　Battledore and shuttlecock:

　　The Kyoto accent sounds

　　As if the words were oiled

　　　 　

(37) えりもとをなぐるやうなり秋の暮 (M24. 1891)

     (erimotowo naguruyounari akinokure)

      I feel as if

      my neck were beaten with

      the autumn evening

          

(38) 何となくあたり淋しき爐を開く (M24. 1891)

     (nantonaku atarisabishiki rowo hiraku)

      I open the hearth_

      unaccountably lonely

      around it

   

(39) 咲き満ちてこぼるる花もなかりけり (S3. 1928）

　　(sakimichite koboruruhanamo nakarikeri)

     cherry blossoms

     in full bloom_

     no petals falling 　

    　　

(40) 舟岸につけば柳に星一つ (T2. 1913)

     (funekishini tsukebayangini hoshihitotsu)

      the boat reached the shore,

      I found a willow,  

      above it, a star 

     

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（40）番の俳句は「found」を「saw」に変えて、
the boat reached the shore,
I saw a willow,
above it, a star
にした方が適切かもしれません。