俳句 HAIKU

母の日や父は得てして蚊帳の外

(hahanohi-ya chichi-wa-eteshite kaya-no-soto)

　　　　　　　　　　（薫風士）

Mother's Day_

father often being left

in the dark

                    (Lovee)

(Note)

The word "kayanosoto" literally means "outside the mosquito net".

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草の戸の粽に蛍来る夜かな

(kusa-no-to-no chimaki-ni hotaru-kuru-yo-kana)

                                             （子規）

thatched cottage

a firefly comes to chimaki

this evening

                                             (Lovee)

(Note)

The word “chimaki” means a kind of rice-dumpling wrapped with a bamboo grass leaf.

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粽とく二階も見ゆる角田川

(chimaki-toku nikai-mo-miyuru sumidagawa)

                                （一茶）

unwrapping a chimaki

on a second floor, also visible_

Sumida-river

                                     (Lovee)

(Note)

The word “chimaki” means a kind of rice-dumpling wrapped with a bamboo grass leaf.

It seems that Issa expressed the broadness of Sumida-river or crowdedness around the Sumida by the words “second floor also visible”, whereas generally a first floor only is visible from a small river.

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白煙コンクラーべや初夏の空

(shiro-kemuri konkurābe-ya shoka-no-sora)

  　　　　　　　　　（薫風士）

conclave 2025_

white smoke rising to

the sky in early summer

                               (Lovee)

These pictures are some parts of NHK-TV news which L.P. Lovee watched on May 9, 2025.

It seems that "conclave 2023" in the last picture is a mistake, which should be corrected to "conclave 2025". 

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花は葉にソフトパワーの師は逝きて

(hana-wa-ha-ni sofutopawā-no-shi-wa-yukite)

　　　　　　　　　　（薫風士）

advocating soft-power,

professor emeritus demised_

blossoms now turned to new leaves

                              (Lovee)

This picture shows a part of web-news of Mainichi Shinbun, which Lovee saw on May 8, 2025.

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粽結ふ片手にはさむ額髪

(chimaki-yū katate-ni-hasamu hitai-gami)

                                 　（芭蕉）

tying a chimaki,

while another hand tucking

hair hanging down the forehead

                                     (Lovee)

(Note)

The word “chimaki” means a kind of rice-dumpling wrapped with a bamboo grass leaf.

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粽解いて蘆吹く風の音聞かん

(chimaki-toite ashi-fuku-kaze-no oto-kikan)

                                 （蕪村）

unwrapping a chimaki,

I’ll listen to sounds of  

wind blowing through reeds

                                        (Lovee)

(Note)

The word “chimaki” means a kind of rice-dumpling wrapped with a bamboo grass leaf.

In Japanese haiku, the subject "I" is usually omitted because its meaning is understandable without the subject.

In the above translation, however, "I'll" is added because the subject "I" is generally necesary to make its meaning clear in English haiku. 

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粽食む孫はパクッと老は愛で

(chimaki-hamu mago-wa-pakutto oi-wa-mede)

                                         （薫風士）

chimaki_

grandson snapping it,  

aged man admires

                                   　 (Lovee)

(Note)

The word “chimaki” means a kind of rice-dumpling wrapped with a bamboo grass leaf.

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どんたくやアンパンを手に愛づ踊

(dontaku-ya anpan-o-te-ni mezu-odori)

　　　　　　　　　　　（薫風士）

Hakata-dontaku_

joyfully watching

with a bean-jam bun in hand

                        　　    (Lovee)

(Note)

The above haiku is an imaginal poem composed by Kunpūshi for expressing his appreciation of Hakata-dontaku and "anpan".

These pictures are partial portions of NHK-TV which L.P. Lovee watched on May 5, 2025.

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楽しさや庭を手作りみどりの日

(tanoshisa-ya niwa-o-tezukuri midorinohi)

　　　　　　　　　　　　　（薫風士）

delightful_

making my garden by myself

Greenery Day

                                　　       (Lovee)

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恙無く憲法記念日庭に居

(tsutsuganaku kenpōkinenbi niwa-ni-i)

　　　　　　　　　（薫風士）

peacefully

gardening_

Constitution Day

                           (Lovee)

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春水や深は新なり句に遊ぶ

(shunsui-ya shin-wa-shin-nari ku-ni-asobu)

　　　　　　　　　（薫風士）

spring-time water_

deepness equal to newness,

thus enjoying haiku

                           (Lovee)

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新緑や俳句仲間の来し吾庭
(shinryoku-ya haiku-nakama-no kishi-aniwa)
　　　　　　
　　　　　　　　　（薫風士）
　
new leaves_

my garden welcomed

haiku comrades
　　　　　　
　　　　　　　　　 (Lovee)

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