ぞんぶんに開いてかるし白ぼたん 上田雅子
zonbun
ni hiraite karushi hakubotan Ueda,
Masako
season
word: botan / peony
blooming fully
so light
the white peony
矢車は回り地球に五月来る 西川遊歩
yaguruma
wa mawari chikyû ni gogatsu
kuru Nishikawa, Yûho
season
word: gogatsu / May
a pinwheel spinning ——
May has come
to the earth
種袋数百粒の軽さかな 南川閏
tanebukuro
sûhyaku tsubu
no karusa kana Minamikawa, Jun
season
word: tanebukuro / small bag
containing flower or vegetable seeds
hundreds of seeds
in the small bag
how light
川に沿ひ花のをはりを歩きけり 待雪三恵子
kawa
ni soi hana no owari o arukikeri Machiyuki,
Mieko
season
word: hana / cherry blossoms
along the river
walking the end
of cherry blossom season
佐保姫は仕上げをせんと腕まくり 稲垣雄二
saohime
wa shiage o sen to udemakuri Inagaki,
Yûji
season
word: saohime / goddess of spring
Saohime
rolling up her sleeves
to put a finish to spring
初鰹銀の光を包丁す 澤田美那子
hatsugatsuo
gin no hikari o
hôchô su Sawada,
Minako
season
word: hatsugatsuo / the first bonito
of the season
with a kitchen
knife
cutting into the silver light ——
first bonito of the season
深閑と雨降る夜や山桜 加藤百合子
shinkan
to ame furu yoru ya yamazakura Katô, Yuriko
season
word: yamazakura / wild cherry
blossoms
in the night
rain falls deeply silent ——
wild cherry blossoms
尾を振りて蝌蚪は光の子となれり 藤岡美惠子
o o
furite kato wa hikari no ko to nareri Fujioka,
Mieko
season
word: kato / tadpole
wiggling its tail
a tadpole becomes
a child of light
四万十の風の響動もす幟かな 曽根崇
shimanto
no kaze no doyomosu nobori kana Sone,
Takashi
season
word: nobori / carp streamer
the carp streamer
reverberating in the wind
over the Shimanto River
故里を出てかげろふとなりにけり 岡崎陽市
furusato
o dete kagerô to narinikeri Okazaki,
Yôshi
season
word: kagerô / a shimmer
of heat
leaving my hometown
I have become
a shimmer of heat
