突然に炎のごとき夏となり                                    西川遊歩

totsuzen ni honō no gotoki natsu to nari                     Nishikawa, Yūho

              season word: natsu / summer

 

all of a sudden
like a flame it’s become
summer

 

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睨まれて暑さを睨み返しけり                                三玉一郎

niramarete atsusa o nirami kaeshikeri                        Mitama, Ichirō

              season word: atsusa / summer heat

 

being glared at
by the summer heat
glaring back

 

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貧しくて蝗美味しと食べしころ                                伊藤昭子

mazushikute inago oishi to tabeshi koro                        Itō, Akiko

              season word: inago / grasshopper

 

poor we were
when grasshoppers were
delicious

 

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あのころはみな痩せてゐし敗戦忌                               小川もも子

ano koro wa mina yasete ishi haisenki                            Ogawa, Momoko

              season word: haisenki / anniversary of defeat in World WarⅡ

 

in those days
we were all thin ——
anniversary of defeat

 

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からす二羽ひそと遠見る大暑かな                             服部紀子

karasu niwa hisoto ochi miru taisho kana                      Hattori, Noriko

              season word; taisho / the day of “extreme heat"   on the lunar calendar

 

blistering heat ——
two crows silently
gaze into the distance

 

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音楽の流るるごとく薔薇咲きぬ　                            佐々木まき

ongaku no nagaruru gotoku bara sakinu                       Sasaki, Maki

              season word: bara / rose

 

like music flowing
roses have bloomed

 

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真夏の日輝くように皿洗ふ                                    城田音女

manatsu no hi kagayaku yō ni sara arau                     Shirota, Otome

              season word: manatsu / mid-summer

 

mid-summer day ——
washing the dishes
until they shine

 

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国ぢゆうが身をよじりたる暑さかな             木下誠

kunijū ga mi o yojiritaru atsusa kana               Kinoshita, Makoto

              season word: atsusa / summer heat

 

summer heat ——
the whole country
writhing

 

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風死して干潟の泥の照り返し                                川辺酸模

kaze shishite higata no doro no terikaeshi                   Kawabe, Sukanpo

              season word: higata / tideland

 

wind dies ——
the muddy tidal flat
reflecting summer heat

About Hasegawa Kai, Kim Komurasaki(the Shiki team)

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