草の戸も住替る代ぞひなの家

(kusa-no-to-mo sumi-kawaru-yo-zo hina-no-ie) 

　　　　　　　（芭蕉 Bashō）

the house with a grass-door,

now a dwelling for

a family with hina-dolls

　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　                                （Lovee）

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しら梅に明くる夜ばかりとなりにけり

 (shiraume-ni akuru-yo-bakari-to nari-nikeri)

            　  (蕪村 Buson)    

(Translation A)

the night dawning for

white plum-blossoms_

that's all what remain to me

(Translation B)

the night dawning for

white plum-blossoms_

that's all around me

                                            (Lovee)

This haiku is a farewell poem by Buson, and various translation is possible, depending on what you supplement for the subject that Buson omitted in this original haiku.

(Note)

The following translation by the world-famous late Stephen L. Addiss in “The Art of Haiku” is a translation based on his interpretation:

among white plum blossoms
what remain is the night
about to break into dawn

It seems that he did not understand the Japanese syntax of this haiku well. 

See "俳句の新解釈・鑑賞 《しら梅に明る夜ばかりとなりにけり（与謝蕪村）》" (http://knt73.blog.enjoy.jp/blog/2017/02/post-2329.html)

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傲岸と人見るまゝに老の春

(gōgan-to hito-miru-mamani oi-no-haru)

                       （虚子 Kyoshi）

haughty!

accepting as they see me_

springtime for my old ages

　　　　　　　　　（Lovee）

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鎖したる老の我儘梅が門

(tozashi-taru oi-no-wagamama ume-ga-mon)

                             （虚子 Kyoshi）

closed,

a gate with ume blossoms_

old man’s selfish way

                                       (Lovee)

(Note)

In this haiku, "ume” means a Japanese apricot tree.

This picture shows pages 26 and 27 of "虚子百句”　（100 haiku poems of Kyoshi).

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月も日も赫奕として老の春

(tsuki-mo-hi-mo kakuyaku-to-shite oi-no-haru)

                        （虚子 Kyoshi）

moon and sun,

shining and bright_

springtime for an old man

                              (Lovee)

(Note)

This haiku reminds me of the following haiku:

月雪とのさばりけらし年の暮

(tsuki-yuki-to nosabari-kerashi toshi-no-kure)

                              (Bashō)

菜の花や月は東に日は西に

(nanohana-ya tsuki-wa-higashi-ni hi-wa-nishi-ni)

　　　　　　　　　　(Buson)

This picture shows pages 110 and 111 of "虚子百句”　（100 haiku poems of Kyoshi).

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書き留めて即ち忘れ老の春

(kakitome-te sunawachi-wasure oi-no-haru)

                                （虚子 Kyoshi）

upon noting down something,

I forget it_

a spring of an old man

                                 (Lovee)

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悪なれば色悪よけれ老の春

(aku-nareba iroaku-yokere oi-no-haru)

                 (虚子Kyoshi)

vice if any,

sensual vice would be better_

a spring of an old man

                    　  (Lovee)

(Note)

Kyoshi composed this haiku at his age of around 79 in 1953.

This picture is a part of a page among pages of "高濱虚子の100句を読む" by (Bōjō, Toshiki 坊城俊樹).

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山の音吸ひ込む春の凍し滝

（yama-no-oto suikomu haru-no iteshi-taki）

　                              (Kunpūshi)

waterfalls frozen,

absorbing the mountain sounds

in the springtime

                               (Lovee)

　
This is a part of NHK-TV special feature news which I watched on Feburuary 22, 2025.

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古郷や餅につき込む春の雪

(furusato-ya mochi-ni-tsukikomu haru-no-yuki)

      　　　  　　     (一茶 Issa)

my old home!

pounding steamed-rice for making “mochi”,

with the fallen-in spring snow

                  　　　   (Lovee)

 (Note)

The word “moch” in this haiku means “soft steamed and pounded rice, which is eaten in various ways as it is, or which is otherwise formed into rice cakes.

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春の道園児等我にこんにちは！

(haru-no-michi enji-ra-ware-ni konnichiwa)

                        　　  　　    (Kunpūshi)

walking on a spring path,

kindergarten children's call_

to me: “konnichiwa!”

                    　　　   (Lovee)

(Note)

"Konnichiwa" is one of greetings like "Hello!" or "Hi!", which is used during some time around noon between after "Good morning!" and before "Good evening!".

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詐偽メ－ル日々受取るや春寒し

(sagi-meru hibi-uktoru-ya haru-samu-shi)

                    　　             (Kunpūshi)

receiving fraudulent mails daily,

intensely cold days

in the spring

                              (Lovee)

The first picture is a view from my room, and the second  picture shows a part of NHK-TV morning news which L.P Lovee saw on February 21, 2025.

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バレンタイン酒とショコラを老二人

(barentain sake-to-shokora-o oi-futari)

                                     (Kunpūshi)

Valentine Day_

enjoying sake and chocolate,

an old couple

                                  (Lovee)

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バレンタイン幸ひ戦後我が青春

(barentain saiwai sengo waga-seishun)　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

 　　                           （Kunpūshi）

Valentine Day_

fortunately, my youth

after the War

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相老てバレンタインを愛犬と

(aioite barentain-o aiken-to)

                                 (Kunpūshi)

getting old together,

I used to spend some Valentine Days

with my beloved dog

                           (Lovee) 

 　
This picture shows a couple taking a walk with a dog.

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バレンタイン朝日に和平祈りけり

(barentain asahi-ni wahei inori-keri)

                           (Kunpūshi)

Valentine Day_

I watched the rising sun,

praying for cease-fires

                  　    (Lovee)

This is a sunrise picture, which L.P Lovee took on the Valentine day, February 14, 2025.

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バレンタイン戦争止めよ！人殺し！

(barentain sensō-yameyo hitogoroshi)

                 (薫風士 Kunpūshi)

Valentine Day_

Cease warfare!

Murderers!

                　  (L.P. Lovee)

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麦めしにやつるる恋か猫の妻

（mugimeshi-ni yatsururu-koi-ka neko-no-tsuma）

 　                                (Basho )

a cat’s wife_

emaciated with boiled barley-rice;

yet in love?

                           (Lovee)

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雀等も人を恐れぬ国の春

(Suzume-ra-mo hito-o-osorenu kuni-no-haru)

                     （虚子 Kyoshi）

the springtime of a country,

where sparrows are also

unafraid of people

(Note)

Kyoshi composed this haiku at Kew Gardens in London.

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明けぼのやしら魚しろきこと一寸

(akebono-ya shirauo-shirokikoto issun)

　　　　　　　　(芭蕉 Bashō)

at dawn_
whitebaits
one inch of whiteness

                            (Lovee)

(Note)

In the first version of this haiku, Bashō used "雪薄し” instead of "あけぼのや".

(See: https://www2.yamanashi-ken.ac.jp/~itoyo/basho/nozarasi/nozara21.htm)

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己が役思ひ新たに建国日

(onoga-yaku omoi-aratani kenkoku-bi)

             　　　　　　（薫風士）

renewing my thought

for my role_

National Foundation Day

　　　　　　(Lovee)

This picture shows a partial portion of NHK-TV news which Kunpūshi saw on February 10, 2025.

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