夕暮れや熱もつてゐる花の木々 夏井通江
yûgure ya netsu motte iru hana no kigi Natsui, Michie
season
word: hana / cherry blossoms
twilight ——
holding on to the heat
the cherry trees
蔓ばらに蕾のならぶたのしさよ 伊藤昭子
tsurubara
ni tsubomi no narabu tanoshisa yo Itô, Akiko
season
word: tsurubara / a rambling rose
how delightful ——
buds standing in line
on the rambling rose
目覚しがあきらめている朝寝かな 佐々木まき
mezamashi
ga akiramete iru asane kana Sasaki,
Maki
season
word: asane / sleeping late in the
morning in spring
sleeping late in spring ——
the alarm clock
has given up
つぎつぎと木々よみがへる新芽かな 岡崎陽市
tsugitsugi
to kigi yomigaeru shinme kana Okazaki,
Yôshi
season
word: shinme / sprout, bud
leaf buds ——
trees come to life again
one after another
駆けだして春のひかりとなりし馬 岡崎陽市
kakedashite
haru no hikari to narishi uma Okazaki, Yôshi
season
word : haru / spring
the horse
sets off at a gallop
becoming spring light
眠たげな蛙起こして耕しぬ 才上宏子
nemutage
na kawazu okoshite tagayashinu Saijô, Hiroko
season
word: kawazu / frog
cultivating the field
waking up
the sleepy frogs
三門をでんと据ゑたる桜かな 三木紀幸
sanmon
o dento suetaru sakura kana Miki,
Noriyuki
season
word: sakura / cherry tree
grandly setting
the great temple gate in place
a cherry tree
指先に心集めて種を蒔く 豊田喜久子
yubisaki
ni kokoro atsumete tane o maku Toyota,
Kikuko
season
word: tane o maku / sow seeds
concentrating
on my fingertips
to sow seeds
棹さすや艫へ落ちゆく花筏 池桃太
sao
sasu ya tomo e ochiyuku hanaikada
Ike,
Tôta
season
word: hanaikada / cherry blossom petals
fallen on water, resembling a
raft
dipping in the pole ——
drifting
down toward the stern
rafts of flower petals
.
春泥の道の彼方の我が家よ 山本桃潤
shundei
no michi no kanata no waga ie yo Yamamoto,
Tôjun
season
word: shundei / mud in spring
far off
down the road of spring mud
that’s my home
