Posts Tagged ‘ Fay Aoyagi ’
風も日も村も銀杏の黄葉中 水田むつみ
kaze mo hi mo mura mo ichô no momiji naka
wind, sun and the village
amid yellow leaves
of ginkgo trees
Mutsumi Mizuta
from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006
Fay Aoyagi, translation
Source: Today’s Haiku (November 9, 2020) | Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi)
秋蝶や湖のひかりを空が吸ひ 雨宮抱星
akichô ya umi no hikari o sora ga sui
autumn butterfly—
the sky inhales
lake’s light
Hosei Amamiya
from “Haiku Shiki” (“Haiku Four Seasons,” a monthly haiku magazine), November 2016 Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo
Fay Aoyagi, translation
Source: Today’s Haiku (August 27, 2020) | Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi)
青空へ百合の念力のぼりけり 保坂敏子
aozora e yuri no nenriki noborikeri
toward the blue sky
the willpower of a lily
ascends
Toshiko Hosaka
Fay Aoyagi, translation
from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006
Source: Today’s Haiku (June 28, 2020) | Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi)
貝塚にシカの骨ある青嵐 米田清文
kaizuka ni shika no hone aru aoarashi
deer bones
at the shell midden
fresh wind through the verdure
Kiyofumi Yoneta
Fay Aoyagi, translation
from ‘Haidan,’ (‘Haiku Stage’) a monthly haiku magazine, July 2017 Issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo
Fay’s note: ‘aoarashi’ (literary translation: ‘blue storm’), a summer kigo, is ‘a fresh strong wind blowing in the season of green new leaves.’
Source: Today’s Haiku (June 22, 2020) | Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi)
風車窓辺の風を探しをり 会田仁子
kazaguruma madobe no kaze o sagashiori
pinwheel
it is looking for the wind
near the window
Jinko Aida
from ‘Haiku,’ a monthly haiku magazine, May 2016 Issue, Kabushiki Kaisha Kadokawa, Tokyo
translation by Fay Aoyagi
Source: Today’s Haiku (April 26, 2020) | Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi)
梅の香や象に踏まれてみたくなり 岡村知昭
ume no ka ya zô ni fumarete mitaku nari
scent of plum blossoms–
I just want to be trodden on
by an elephant
Tomoaki Okamura
Fay Aoyagi translation
from ‘Haidan,’ (‘Haiku Stage’) a monthly haiku magazine, January 2017 Issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo
Source: Today’s Haiku (February 27, 2020) | Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi)
雪解川くらしの裏を流れけり 太田土男
yukigegawa kurashi no ura o nagarekeri
snow-melted river
it flows at the back
of our daily life
Tsuchio Ohta
translation by Fay Aoyagi
from ‘Haidan,’ (‘Haiku Stage’) a monthly haiku magazine, June 2017 Issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo
Source: Today’s Haiku (February 28, 2020) | Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi)
かたまつて薄き光の菫かな 渡辺水巴
katamatte usuki hikari no sumire kana
huddling together…
violets
with pale lights
Suiha Watanabe
translation by Fay Aoyagi
from ‘Haidan,’ (‘Haiku Stage’) a monthly haiku magazine, May 2017 Issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo
Fay’s Note: Suiha Watanabe (1882-1946)
Source: Today’s Haiku (March 12, 2020) | Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi)
春の雪降りつつ早む夜の刻 飯田龍太
haru no yuki furitsutsu hayamu yoru no toki
spring snow falling
the night hours tick away
faster
Ryuta Iida
translation by Fay Aoyagi
from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006
Fay’s Note: Ryuta Iida (1920-2007)
Source: Today’s Haiku (February 18, 2020) | Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi)
Commentary by Donna Fleischer —
There exists in this haiku and translation an exquisite parallel between the light — the whiteness of Spring snow — and the dark of night; also, between the silence of falling snow and night quieter than day and the faint ticking sound of the clock’s seconds hand ticking with the tick or ticking sound of snow against the glass pane. Amazing counterpoint and harmony. Thank You. – Donna Fleischer
悴んでゆび十本に骨がある しなだしん
kajikande yubi juppon ni hone ga aru
numb with cold
there are bones
in my ten fingers
Shin Shinada
Fay Aoyagi, translator
from ‘Hayabusa no Mune’ (‘Falcon’s Chest’) haiku collection by Shin Shinada, Fusansu-Do, Tokyo 2011
Source: Today’s Haiku (December 12, 2019) | Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi)
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