高浜虚子の100句（81～90）（100 HAIKUs of TAKAHAMA Kyoshi）

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

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(81) たとふれば独楽のはぢける如くなり (S12. 1937)

　　(tatoureba komanohajikeru gotokunari)　　　　

(Literal translation)

     as it were,

     repelling of

     two spinning tops  

(Translation A)

　　you and me,

　　as it were,

　　repelling spinning tops  

(Translation B)

　　our relations

　　so to speak,

　　repelling of spinning tops 　　　

(Note)

This haiku is a monody in memory of Hekigotoh Kawahigashi. In this haiku, the subject is omitted by adding preliminary words to that effect.

　　　

(82) 稲妻を踏みて跣足の女かな (S12. 1937)

　　(inazumao fumitehadashino onnakana)

　　treadding on

　　lightning_

　　a barefoot woman

 　　　　

(83) 蔓もどき情はもつれ易きかな (S22. 1947)

　　(tsurumodoki nasakewamotsure yasukikana)

　　compassion

　　easily tangles_

　　staff-tree

　　　　

(84) 山川にひとり髪洗ふ神ぞ知る (S16. 1941)

　　(yamagawani hitorikamiarau kamizoshiru)

　　god knows_

　　in a mountain stream

　　a woman alone washing her hair

      　

(85)　何某に扮して月に歩きをり (S13. 1938)

　　(nanigashini funshitetsukini arukiori)

　　under the moon,

　　I am walking in a disguising costume

　　as a certain person.

(Note)

In this haiku, the subject, which is omitted, seems to be "I".　　　　

  

(86) 龍の玉深く蔵すといふことを　（S14. 1939)

　　(ryuhnotama fukakuzohsuto yuukoto-o)

(Translation A)

　　fruitlets of dwarf mongo grass_

　　suggesting

　　containing deep inside　　　

(Translation B)

　　fruitlets of dwarf mongo grass_

　　what is held

　　deep inside them    　　

(Translation C)

　　fruitlets of dwarf mongo grass,

　　holding all nature

　　deep inside them　　  　

(Note)

In this haiku, the object of the word "containing" is omitted, allowing reader's choice.

　　　　

(87) 天の川の下に天智天皇と臣虚子と (T6. 1917)

　　(amanogawanoshitani tenjitennohto shinkyoshito)

　　under the Milky Way

　　Emperor Tenji

　　and his subject Kyoshi

 　　　

(88) 吾も亦紅なりとついと出で (S15. 1920)

　　(waremomata kohnarito tsuitoide)

(Translation A)

　　I also am crimson_

　　as if so saying,

　　a burnet appeared abruptly

(Translation B)

　　crimson_

　　me too,

　　I abruptly step out　　　  　　 

(Note)

’waremokoh’ （吾亦紅） is a burnet. Literally,'waremokoh’ means: ’I also am crimson’. Thus, this haiku is a pun as can be understood from translations A and B. However, how to interpret the omitted subject is entrusted to readers.

    

(89) 映画出て火事のポスター見て立てり (S16. 1941)

　　(eigadete kajinoposutah mitetateri)

　　walking out of a cinema,

　　I stopped, seeing

　　a poster of fire

     　

(90) 天地の間にほろと時雨かな (S17. 1942)

　　(ametsuchino aidanihoroto shigurekana)

　　a slight drop

　　between heaven and earth_

    wintry rain

      

(Note)　

This　haiku　is a monody, which is a tribute to one of Kyoshi's disciple haiku poets, Hanamino Suzuki（鈴木花蓑）.

  

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