天地のうたのはじめや田植唄 長谷川冬虹
ametsuchi
no uta no hajime ya taue uta Hasegawa,
Tōkō
season
word: taue / rice planting
origin of songs
between heaven and earth
rice planting song
黒々と河は太りて梅雨入かな 小松優子
kuroguro
to kawa wa futorite tsuiri kana Komatsu,
Yūko
season
word: tsuiri / beginning of the rainy
season
deeply dark
the river grows fat ——
rainy season has come
ひとすじの滝あらはれて谷深し 谷内田三恵子
hitosuji
no taki arawarete tani fukashi Yachida,
Mieko
season
word: taki / waterfall
emerging
a single line of waterfall
the valley is deep
その奥に富士の山あり五月闇 長井亜紀
sono
oku ni fuji no yama ari satsuki yami Nagai,
Aki
season
word: satsuki yami / dark nights in
the rainy season
in the depth of darkness
this rainy season night
Mount Fuji
ゆく道のとほくけぶれる梅雨かな 岡崎陽市
yuku
michi no tōku kebureru
baiu kana Okazaki,
Yōshi
season
word: baiu / rainy season
the rainy season ——
in the distance my road
grows hazy
清姫の脱ぎたる蛇の衣ならむ 豊田喜久子
kiyohime
no nugitaru hebi no kinu naramu Toyota,
Kikuko
season
word: hebi no kinu / cast-off
snakeskin
a snake's cast-off skin
it must be that
of legendary Princess Kiyo
帰省せずスカイプなどと酒落臭ぇ 林弘美
kisē sezu sukaipu nado to sharakusē Hayashi, Hiromi
season word: kisē / return to one's home town [village] for the bon festival
not coming home
just using Skype
show-off !
百合よ香れ蕾も開け棺中 佐々まき
yuri
yo kaore tsubomi mo hirake hitsugi naka Sasaki,
Maki
season
word: yuri / lily
be fragrant, lilies
unfold, buds
inside the coffin
数ならぬ我にも大志雲の峰 木下誠
kazu
naranu ware ni mo taishi kumo no mine
Kinoshita, Makoto
season
word: kumo no mine / towering
thundercloud
towering thunderclouds ——
although insignificant
I have ambition
