凩の声ふりしぼり泣く夜かな 篠原隆子
kogarashi no koe
furishibori naku yo kana Shinohara,
Takako
season word: kogarashi / cold
wintry blast
straining its voice
the cold wintry blast
wails in the night
黒々と欅のさわぐ夜長かな 山本しほ
kuroguro to keyaki no
sawagu yonaga kana Yamamoto, Shiho
season word: yonaga / long
night
keyaki clamorous
in the long night
deeply black
※keyaki : Japanese zelkova
水澄むや谷川岳を流れきて 山本しほ
mizu sumu ya tanigawadake o
nagarekite Yamamoto,
Shiho
season word: mizu
sumu / clear water in autumn
clear water ——
flowing down from
Mt. Tanigawa
都遷すごとし雲翳大花野 柚木紀子
miyako utsusu gotoshi
kumokage ōhanano Yûki,
Noriko
season word: hanano / autumn
field full of wild flowers
cloud shadows
on the flowering autumn field
like moving the ancient capital
よく見ればこれ茶の花の盛りかな 伊藤昭子
yoku mireba kore cha no
hana no sakari kana Itô, Akiko
season word: cha
no hana / tea flower
looking carefully
it’s a tea flower
in full bloom
獅子柚のいよいよ獅子の面構へ 稲垣雄二
shishiyuzu no iyoiyo shishi
no tsuragamae Inagaki,
Yûji
season word: yuzu / species
of aromatic Asiatic citron
lion-face yuzu
more and more its face
like a lion
神鹿の今年の角を伐りにけり 木下洋子
shinroku
no kotoshi no tsuno o kirinikeri Kinoshita,
Yôko
season word: shika
no tsuno kiri / ceremony for cutting deer antlers
cutting
this year’s antlers
from the sacred deer
もぎとりてすぐ食ふ柿のうまさかな 岡崎陽市
mogitorite
sugu kuu kaki no umasa kana Okazaki,
Yôshi
season word: kaki / persimmon
eating a persimmon
right after picking
how delicious
About Hasegawa Kai, Kim Komurasaki(the Shiki team)
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