#111
June, 2009


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Anthem to Hydrangea and Firefly


June is my birth month.
Maybe that is the reason why I love rain, water-filled rice field, fireflies, and hydrangea.
This month, I would like to introduce you Haikus of this season.
I am not a good translator, but I hope, you will use your imagination to see the sights of the poems.




Ajisai ya shiro yori ideshi asamidori---by Watanabe Suiha
 Hydrangea
 Palegreen emerging
 From pure white




Ajisai ya nobore to ieru gotoku kai---by Hoshino Tatsuko
Hydrangea
Beckons me
Up to the temple steps
  


Ajisai ya hanada ni kawaru kinou kyou
---by Masaoka shiki
Hydrangea
Turns to light blue
Yesterday, today




Ajisai wa omotakarazu ya mizu no ue---by Tomizawa Sekio
Hydrangea
Heavy head down
On the water

Dou dou to san'u ga naburu yamaajisai---by Hasegawa Kanajo
Heavy mountain rain
Violates
Mountain hydrangea




Hotarukago kurakereba yuri moetatasu
---by Hashimoto Takako
Firefly cage
Dark
Swing it and flame up

Hotarubi ya meiji no yoru wa kurakarish
i---by Shibusawa Jutei
Lights of fireflies
The night was dark
Back in Meiji Era

Kono yami no ana yawaraka ni hotaru kana---by Takahama Kyoshi
This darkness
is so tender
When firefly twinkles


Hotarubi wo tori otoshitaru aosa kana
---by Takahashi Awajime
I dropped
A firefly down
Green flame!


Yuruyaka ni kite hito to au hotaru no yo
---by Katsura Nobuko
Wear light
And see someone
At this firefly night



Please send me your Haiku of this season.
Thank you.


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