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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凍蝶の己が魂追うて飛ぶ

(itechōno onogatamashii outetobu)

　　　　　　　　　（虚子 Kyoshi）

a frozen butterfly
fly, chasing
her own spirit
 　               (Lovee)

(Note)

In the translation of this haiku, the verb “fly” in the form of bare infinitive is adopted because it is not real description of natural scene but imaginary expression of what Kyoshi felt upon seeing a butterfly in the winter.

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This picture shows a partial portion of NHK-TV news, which L.P. Lovee watched on February 6, 2025.

春一番万博期間延長を！

(haruichiban banpaku-kikan enchō-o)

　　　　　　　（薫風士）

first spring gale_

Please,  extend

the term of “EXPO 2025”.

　　　　　　　　(Lovee)

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衰ひや歯に喰ひ当てし海苔の砂

(otoroi-ya ha-ni-kuiateshi nori-no-suna)　

　　　　　　　（芭蕉 Bashō）

waning_

teeth hit a grain of sand

upon biting the laver

            　　　  (Lovee)

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早春や紙飛行機を犬追ひて

(soshun-ya kami-hikoki-o inu-oi-te)

          　　　　　　（薫風士）

early spring_

my dog used to chase

grandson’s paper plane

                               (Lovee)

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多事多難短気は損気冴返る

(taji-tanan tanki-wa-son-ki saekaeru)

                             （薫風士）

eventful days of difficulties,

relapsing into intense cold _

unremunerative is the short temper,

　　　　　　　　　　(Lovee)

These pictures are some parts of NHK-TV news.

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木枯に岩吹きとがる杉間かな

(kogarashi-ni iwa-fuki-togaru sugima-kana)

　　　　　　　　　　  (芭蕉 Bashō)

wintry blasts_

rocks look sharpened

among cedar trees

                       　　     (Lovee)

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凍て解けて筆に汲み干す清水哉

(ite-tokete fude-ni-kumi-hosu shimizu-kana)

　                 （芭蕉 Bashō）

thawing_

I soaked a calligraphy brush,

having the spring water run dry

(Note)

According to "芭蕉db.", Bashō composed this haiku around the spring called "toku-toku" at Yoshino in Mie prefecture.   

(Refer to the first picture by 芭蕉db.)

This picture shows Page 258 of "575 THE HAIKU OF BASHO" by John White & Kemmyo Taira Sato.

You may notice that they mistranslated this haiku of Bashō.

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我が夢は鬼打ち豆を食む白寿

(waga-yume-wa oniuchimame-o hamu-hakuju)

                                    （薫風士）

my dream:

celebration at the age of ninety-nine,

eating ninety-nine oniuchimames

(Note)

The word “oniuchimame” means “roasted soybeans which are hurled at imaginary ogres on February 2 or 3 (the day before the calendrical beginning of spring) according to Japanese traditional customs.

This picture shows, among other things, an ogre mask and "oniuchimame" put in a measuring box.

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AIに読ませ興ずや歌留多取り

(eiai-ni yomase-kyōzu-ya karutatori)　　　　　　　　　　

　　　　　　　　　　　　　(薫風士)

game of karuta_

enjoyable,

having AI read

                     (Lovee)

(Note)

In this haiku, "karuta" means "hyakunin-isshu" （百人一首）, which is a set of cards consisting of one hundred poems by one hundred poets.

In the past, I used to play as a reader for such karutatori.

"Karutatori" is a game normally played in New Year days.

In general, there is another kind of "karuta" called "iroha-karuta"（いろはかるた）, which is composed of cards with texts to be read and corresponding picture cards.

This picture shows a part of explanatory article of "きごさい歳時記”（kigosai-saijiki）as a result of my WEB search for the word "歌留多取り" （karuta-tori）.

These pictures show, as a result of my Google WEB search for the word "いろはかるた”（iroha-karuta）, a part of explanatory article "郷土かるたコレクション”（https://carta.media.gunma-u.ac.jp/kinki/data_193kyoiroha/index.html）.  

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面白し雪にやならん冬の雨

(omoshiro-shi yuki-ni-ya-naran fuyu-no-ame)

                        　（芭蕉 Bashō）

amusing!

the rain in winter

will turn to snow

                 　　    (Lovee)

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比良三上雪さしわたせ鷺の橋　

(hira-mikami-yuki sashiwatase sagi-no-hashi)

                   （芭蕉 Bashō）

Hira Mikami in the snow_

Build a bridge

of white herons.

　　　　                     　(Lovee)

(Note)

I assume that Bashō composed this haiku, calling to white herons, when he saw snowy herons flying around Mt. Hira, which is famous for the beauty of snowy mountain at evening dusk.

I wish I were there when Basho composed this haiku. 

This picture shows Page 85 of "575 THE HAIKU OF BASHO" by John White & Kemmyo Taira Sato.

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