大寒の埃の如く人死ぬる
(daikan-no hokori-no-gotoku hito-shinuru)
（ 高浜虚子 TAKAHAMA , Kyoshi）
people will die
as if they were
dust in the midwinter
(Lovee)
(Note)
Kyoshi composed this haiku at the age of 67 in 1941, when the Pacific War occurred.
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寒晴や今日は吾孫誕生日
(kambare-ya kyō-wa waga-mago tanjōbi)
（薫風士）
Today in the midwinter,
my granddaughter’s birthday_
what a bright Sunday!
(Lovee)
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冬日和老老介護行く歩幅
(huyu-biyori rōrōkaigo yuku-hohaba)
（薫風士）
wintry sunny day_
an aged couple on a walk
at caring short steps of side by side
(Lovee)
This picture shows a scene of people walking on a footway along the "Hitohaku".
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阪神忌烏や犬も悲し気に
（hanshinki karasu-ya inu-mo kanashigeni）
（薫風士）
Hanshin-ki_
cawing of a crow and barking of dogs,
all sound mournful
(Lovee)
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風花や犬はソナタにすやすやと
(kazabana-ya inu-wa sonata-ni suyasuya-to)
（薫風士）
snowflakes dancing in the sunshine_
our dog fallen in sound slumber,
listening to a sonata with us
(Lovee)
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(fuyu-no-hi-ya bajō-ni-kōru kagebōshi)
(芭蕉 Bashō)
a wintry day_
frozen on the horse back,
my shadow
(Lovee)
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是がまあ つひの栖か 雪五尺
(korega maa tsui-no-sumika-ka yuki-go-shaku)
（一茶 Issa）
well, well !
my final dwelling_
the snow fifteen deep
(Lovee)
This picture shows a part of display in the Issa Memorial Museum of Nagano prefecture.
This display explains about several stones, on each of which Issa's haiku is inscribed.
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うまさうな雪や ふうわりふうわりと
（umasou-na yuki-ya fuuwari-fuuwari-to）
（一茶 Issa）
snow falling
softly and gently,
all seeming delicious
(Lovee)
This picture shows a part of a large "tanzaku" displayed in the Issa Memorial Museum of Nagano prefecture.
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お代りの豚汁に笑むとんどの子
(okawari-no tonjiru-ni-emu tondo-no-ko)
(薫風士 Kunpūshi)
children beam,
having another tonjiru_
town's tondo festival
(Lovee)
(Note)
'tonjiru' means "miso soup with pork and （several） vegetables; pork miso soup."
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積雪の故郷恋ふかサモエド犬
(sekisetsu-no furusato-kouka samoedoken)
（薫風士）
standing on the snow,
our Samoyed dog seemed
longing for his native home
(Lovee)
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純白のサモエド犬に初朝日
（junpaku-no samoedoken-ni hatsu-asahi)
（薫風士）
the New Year's sunrise,
shining rays on the pure white
of our Samoyed dog
(Lovee)
This picture shows our beloved dog "Chunu"
posing for my New Year's shot.
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手を貸して孫の作りし雪達磨
(teokashite mago-no-tsukurishi yukidaruma)
（薫風士）
a snowman
made by my grandson
with my help
(Lovee)
This snowman was made by my grandson with my assistance in our garden on December 31, 2020.
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(kakinabe-ya inu-wa futene-no se-o-mukete)
（薫風士）
table-pot oyster meal_
rejected,
our dog lies in the sulks
(Lovee)
For maintaining your health, it is important to regulate what you eat.
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家族とて犬も一椀七日粥
(kazoku-tote inu-mo-ichi-wan nanuka-gayu)
（薫風士）
a bowl of porridge,
also to our dog as a family member_
New Year’s Seventh Day
(Lovee)
These pictures show our beloved dog "Chunu".
He died on October 18, 2018.
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宗教を超越するも初詣
(shūkyō-o chōetsusuru-mo hatsu-mōde)
（薫風士）
my traditional visit to a shrine,
with a transcendental mind_
New Year’s Day
(Lovee)
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白髪とて心は若く初鏡
(shiraga-tote kokoro-wa-wakaku hatsu-kagami)
（薫風士）
with youth-like mind,
aged gray head faces the mirror_
New Year’s Day
(L.P. Lovee)
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親子して本音の論議屠蘇祝う
(oyako-shite honne-no rongi toso-iwau)
（薫風士）
among my family
disclosing respective thinking,
I enjoy New Year’s sake
(L.P.Lovee)
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初空や大悪人虚子の頭上に
(hatsuzora-ya daiakunin Kyoshi-no-zujō-ni)
(高浜虚子)
(A)
new year’s day_
the great bad-person
in the sky above Kyoshi
(Lovee)
(B)
the sky of new year’s day
above great bad-person
Kyoshi
(Lovee)
(Note)
(A) is a translation based on L.P. Lovee’s new interpretation of the original haiku.
(B) is a translation according to conventional interpretation of the original haiku.
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初夢に故郷を見て涙かな
(hatsuyume-ni furusato-o-mite namida-kana)
（一茶）
the first dream of a new year,
my native place appeared,
making me tearful
(translated by L.P. Lovee)
Click here to see Issa's haiku in “秋の一茶記念館吟行(俳句の英訳と写真)”.
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老ひたれば無欲の牛歩去年今年
(oitareba muyoku-no gyu-ho kozo-kotoshi)
resigned to unselfish old age,
steadily by ox-like steps_
kozo-kotoshi
(translated by L.P. Lovee)
(Note)
“kozo-kotoshi” literally means “last-year this-year”, which means a time between a new year and the last year.
(tsuki-yuki-to nosabari-kerashi toshi-no-kure)
（芭蕉 Bashō）
moon and snow_
festively fleeting,
the end of year
(translated by L.P. Lovee)
去年今年貫く棒の如きもの
(kozokotoshi tsuranuku bōnogotoki-mono)
（虚子 Kyoshi）
(translated by L.P. Lavee in the following three ways:
(A)
Kozokotoshi_
something just like
a piercing-stick
(B)
time pierces
kozokotoshi
like a stick
(C)
my belief in haiku
pierces kozokotoshi
like a stick
(Note)
（A）is a substantially literal translation.
（B）is a translation based on a conventional way of interpretation.
（C）is a translation according to a new interpretation of L.P. Lovee.
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