俳句 365 haiku (193) 《炎天3 Kunpūshi》
炎天に大ハート描くインパルス
(enten-ni ōhāto-kaku inparusu)
(薫風士)
great heart drawn by
a Blue Impulse_
sky of blazing sun
(Lovee)
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(enten-ni ōhāto-kaku inparusu)
(薫風士)
great heart drawn by
a Blue Impulse_
sky of blazing sun
(Lovee)
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(entenka amerikakan-e retsu-chōda)
(薫風士)
under blazing sun
long rows toward
the US pavilion
(Lovee)
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(natsuchō-hirai amerikakan-no-eizō-e)
(薫風士)
a summer butterfly
strayed into the wall-display_
the US pavilion
(Lovee)
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万博のドローンショー愛で夕涼み
(banpaku-no dorōn-shō-mede yūsuzumi)
(薫風士)
evening cool;
enjoying displays of drone show
EXPO 2025
(Lovee)
This picture shows a scenery viewed from the grand ring roof of EXPO 2025 on July 9, 2025.
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牡丹百二百三百門一つ
(botan-hyaku nihyaku-sanbyaku mon-hitotsu)
(阿波野青畝)
peony flowers_
one-hundred two-hundred three-hundred
one-gate
(Translated by Lovee)
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大夕立手作り庭を見とれけり
(ōyudachi tezukuri-niwa-o mitore-keri)
(薫風士)
heavy shower
enchanted me to gaze at
the garden of my own making
(Lovee)
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火の奥に牡丹崩るるさまを見つ
(hi-no-oku-ni botan-kuzururu sama-o-mitsu)
(加藤楸邨)
looking back at the peony flowers
crumbling beyond (air-raid) fires
(burning our home)
(Translated by Lovee)
(Note)
In the above translation, the words in parentheses are supplemented by considering Shūson’s prefatory note on this haiku to the following effect:
“May 23, at midnight, air raids by large formation, with my wife I carried my sick brother on my back and looked for Michiko and Akio all night through the flames.”
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白牡丹といふといへども紅ほのか
(hakubotan-to yūto-iedomo ko- honoka)
(高浜虚子)
white rose,
so called, but
slightely tinged with red
(Translated by Lovee)
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(蕪村) (Translated by Lovee)
peony flower;
on top of one another,
two or three petals have fallen
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(botan-shibe fukaku-wakeizuru hachi-no-nagori-kana)
(芭蕉)
sorrow of parting,
bee’s pushing its way
out of botan-shibe;
(Translated by Lovee)
(Note)
Bashō composed this haiku for appreciation of hearty hospitality to him when he visited his disciple.
Thus, the bee implies Bashō and the botan-shibe, which means stamen or pistil of peony, is a metaphor of his disciple.
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(薫風士)
value of seeing
EXPO 2025:
hangeshō
(Note)
In this haiku, the term “hangeshō”, which means a name of flower, is used as a metaphor.
This picture shows a partial portion of hangeshō in "季節の花300”.
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(gakumon-wa shiri-kara-nukeru hotaru-kana)
(与謝蕪村)
firefly_
learning will come out
from butt
(Translated by Lovee)
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(banpaku-no chūsen-hazure hangeshō)
(薫風士)
hangeshō_
failures in getting admissions by lot;
EXPO 2025 pavilions
(Note)
The term “hangeshō” means “ the eleventh day (July 1) after the summer solstice,” as well as a name of flower.
This picture shows a part of calender for July, 2025, which is provided by Association of Japanese Classical Haiku(日本伝統俳句協会).
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