読み返す父の句集や昭和の日

(yomikaesu chichi-no-kushū-ya shōwanohi)

                                       （薫風士）

Shōwanohi_

reading over again,

a small collection of my father’s haiku

　　　　　　　　　　　　(Lovee)

The following pictures show some pages of the above haiku collection.  

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雀の子そこのけそこのけお馬が通る

(Suzume-no-ko sokonoke-sokonoke o-uma-ga-tōru)

                                （一茶）

little sparrows!

move away, away! 

a horse is coming

                            (Lovee)

This picture shows a design of manhole cover.

See「長野県・路上のデザインマンホール蓋」.

我と来て遊べや親のない雀

(ware-to-kite asobe-ya oya-no-nai-suzume)

  　　　　　　　　（薫風士）

motherless sparrow!

come along with me

and play together

                  　　 (Lovee)

What is the kind of a bird in these pictures?

Is it a sparrow or a willow tit?

散る桜今を未来へ繋がむと

(chirusakura ima-o-mirai-e tsunagam-to)

　　　　　　　　　　　（薫風士）

falling cherry blossoms_

wishing to relay our thought

from now to future

                    　　　　  (Lovee)

These pictures are cut-out portions of NHK-TV program "Kansai-netsushisen" which Kunpūshi saw on April 25, 2025.

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故郷やどちらを見ても山笑ふ 

(furusato-ya dochira-o-mite-mo yama-warau)

　　　　　　　　　　（子規）

yamawarau

in any directions I look_

my hometown

                                  (Lovee)

(Note)

The word “yamawarau” is a season word used in a haiku composed late in spring for expressing a fine scenery of relatively low mountain which is covered with fresh leaves and buds of various trees and which looks like smiling faces of people.

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昨夜の雨たたへ一八二輪咲く

(yobe-no-ame tatae-ichihatsu nirin-saku)

　　　　　　　　　　　（薫風士）

wearing drops of last night rain,

two roof irises

have bloomed

　　　　　           　(Lovee)

(Note)

In Japanese, "wear (湛える)" and "praise (称える)" are homonyms having the same pronunciation "tataeru".

Therefore, it is possible to translate the haiku in either meaning when hiragana (ひらがな) is used instead of kanji (漢字) for "tataeru".

These pictures show the roof irises that first bloomed in the garden of Kunpūshi this year.

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万博の春の夏日や忍の列

(banpaku-no haru-no-natsubi-ya nin-no-retsu)

　　　　　　　　　　（薫風士）

EXPO 25_

natsubi in spring

demands perseverance for lines of visitors

                                        (Lovee)

(Note)

The word "natsubi" means a summer-like hot day whose highest temperature is 25°C or more and less than 30°C.

This picture shows a cut-out portion of NHK-TV morning news broadcast on April 23, 2025.

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教皇や復活祭を祝ぎ逝きぬ

(kyōkō-ya fukkatsusai-o hogi-yukinu)

                             （薫風士）

Pope Francis

passed away on Easter Monday

after blessing people

                              (Lovee)

These pictures show some parts of NHK-TV news broadcast which Lovee saw on April 26 & 22, 2025.

(Note)

Pope Francis died at his age of 88 on April 21, 2025. 

Click or tap here to see NHK world news "People around world mourn Pope Francis".

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春の海終日のたりのたりかな

(haru-no-umi hinemosu-notari notari-kana)

the spring sea

waves leisurely

all day

　                (Lovee)

(Note)

Buson composed this haiku when he visited Amanohashidate.

The onomatopoetic word “notari notari” is uniquely impressive expression of calm sea-waves in the spring.

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散る桜残花に馳せるこの思ひ

(chiru-sakura zanka-ni-haseru kono-omoi)

　　　　　　　　　　（薫風士）

falling cherry blossoms_

the remaining blossoms

bring me the deep thought

                                  (Lovee)

(Note)

Click or tap here and see “俳句 365 haiku (103) 《散る桜 Ryōkan》”.

The first picure is a scenery of one of my walkways.

The second picture is a cut-out portion of NHK-TV news which I saw on my TV on April 20, 2025.

The source and contents of the last two pictures are self-explanatry as can be seen by enlarging them. 

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梅東風や届け世界にこの思ひ

(ume-gochi-ya todoke-sekai-ni kono-omoi)

                            （薫風士）

east wind through ume-blossoms_

deliver to world people

this thought for peace

                           (Lovee)

(Note)

To see the "thought for peace", click or tap here and read "梅東風や届け世界にこの思ひ".

借景の丘に四五輪紫木蓮

(shakkei-no oka-ni-shi-go-rin shimokuren)

　　　　　　　　　（薫風士）

on the background-hill

against my garden,

four or five flowers of Magnolia

　　　　　　　　(Lovee)

ロボットの運び来たるや春の膳

(robotto-no hakobi-kitaru-ya haru-no-zen)

　　　　　　　　　　（薫風士）

dishes of spring season

brought to us

amazingly by a robot

                      　　　　    (Lovee)

(Note)

The admiration by the postpositional particle “や（ya）” in the original haiku is expressed by adding the adverb “amazingly” in the above translation.

These pictures show the robot that brought the dishes we took in a coffee shop "Azusa" at Keyakidai of Woody Town in Sanda-city.
　

観音のいらかみやりつ花の雲

(kannon-no iraka-miyaritsu hana-no-kumo)

   　　　　　　　　　　　　　（芭蕉）

the cherry blossoms

looking like clouds_

the tiled roof of the kannon-temple

　　　　　　　　　　　　　（Lovee）

(Note)

It is said that Bashō composed this haiku while he was ill in bed in his hermitage, watching the roof of Sensoji in Asakusa.

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春の夜は桜に明けてしまひけり

(haru-no-yo-wa sakura-ni-akete shimaikeri)

 　　                        （芭蕉）

the spring night

has turned to dawn,

while viewing the cherry-blossoms

　　　　　　　　　　(Lovee)　　

(Note)

I assume that Bashō omitted real subuject (Bashō himself) in this haiku.

Accordingly, in this translation, the subject "I am" is omitted after the word "while" in the subordinate clause.

See "俳句 365 haiku (60) 《Buson「白梅」》"

春雨に第九合唱大リング

(harusame-ni daiku-gasshō ōringu)

                            （薫風士）

spring drizzle_

Beethoven's 9th chorus

on the EXPO's grand-ring

                                    (Lovee)

This picture shows a porton of NHK-TV news broadcast on April 13, 2025.

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散る桜残る桜も散る桜

(chiru-sakura nokoru-sakura-mo chiru-sakura)

                                 （良寛）

falling cherry blossoms_

the remaining blossoms

will also fall in due course

                                   (Lovee)

These pictures show a part of NHK-TV news broadcasting the first cherry blossoms in Hokkaidō on April 20, 2025.
    

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姥桜咲くや老後の思ひ出

(ubazakura saku-ya-rōgo-no omoi-ide)

　　　　　　　　　（芭蕉）

ubazakura in bloom_

causing me to think of

life in old age

                          (Lovee)

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花の雲鐘は上野か浅草か

(hana-no-kumo kane-wa-ueno-ka asakusa-ka)

                                （芭蕉）

the clouds of cherry blossoms_

the sounds of temple bell

from Ueno, or Asakusa?

　　　　　　　　　(Lovee) 

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