Uematsu Michiko’s Haiku 　 from her haiku book  “ 松 (Pine) “ 　　　　　　　　　　　　 　translated by Kim and Pat -------------------------------------------------------------------- *Commemorative haiku from Hasegawa Kai 蓬莱や子松孫松曾孫松       櫂 hôrai ya ko-matsu mago-matsu himago-matsu    Hasegawa, Kai               season word: hôrai / a New Year decoration   new year decoration — three generations of pine tree child, grandchild and great-grandchild ------------------------------------------------------------------- 　　　Michiko's Haiku   新緑を一日風の吹きどほし shinryoku o ichinichi kaze no fukidôshi               season word: shinryoku / fresh green trees   all day long wind continues to blow the fresh green trees   　　　*****   夏やせか恋の悩みか猫通る natsuyase ka koi no nayami ka neko tôru               season word: natsuyase / loss of weight in summer   loss of weight from summer heat or the sorrows of love —— a cat passes by 　　　*****  二人目のややがお腹に大鮑 futarime no yaya ga onaka ni ôawabi season word: ôawabi / large abalone a second baby on the way —— a large abalone 　　　*****    二階の子呼んで集めて豆御飯 nikai no ko yonde atsumete mamegohan               season word: mamegohan / rice with green peas    calling the children  to come downstairs  for rice with green peas 　　　*****  連れ立ちて少年泳ぐ梅雨入かな tsuredachite shônen oyogu tsuiri kana               season word: tsuiri / start of the rainy season   rainy season begins boys go together to swim in the river 　　　*****   それからの物語せよ草の絮 sorekara no ｍonogatari seyo kusa no wata season word: kusa no wata / downy grass seed   downy grass seeds —— so tell me what happened after that 　　　*****   芋の葉を齧りゐるもの姿なし imo no ha wo kajiriiru mono sugata nashi               season word: imo / taro root   nothing in sight that nibbled upon the taro leaves  　　　*****   日焼せし筋肉つつむ背広かな hiyake seshi kinniku tsutsumu sebiro kana               season word: hiyake / suntanned   suntanned muscles enveloped in business suits 　　　***** 　　 嵐峡の闇を鵜篝流れけり rankyô no yami o ukagari nagarekeri               season word: ukagari / torch for cormorant fishing   in the darkness of the Arashiyama gorge a flaming torch flows down 　　　*****   碧空を落ちては返る小鰺刺 hekikû o ochite wa kaeru koajisashi.               season word: ajisashi / tern falling from the blue sky down and up again a small tern 　　　***** 引潮や蟹の仕業の砂団子 hikishio ya kani no shiwaza no sunadango               season word: kani / crab   low tide —— a ball of sand the work of a crab   　　　***** 一晩で背丈伸びる子夏休み hitoban de setake nobiru ko natsu yasumi               season word: natsu yasumi / summer vacation summer vacation the boy grown taller overnight 　　　*****  裸の子ドンブリ飯をもう一膳 hadaka no ko donburi meshi o mô ichizen               season word: hadaka / naked or partially undressed   the shirtless boy a big bowl of rice and then another   　　　***** 空青くもの皆白く深雪晴 sora aoku mono mina shiroku miyukibare               season word: miyukibare / fine day after deep snowfall   the sky is blue everything is white after the deep snow fall   　　　***** 寒紅に十若返る鏡かな kanbeni ni tô wakagaeru kagami kana               season word: kanbeni / lipstick in the cold season   in the mirror putting on lipstick on a cold day I look ten years younger 　　　*****  樽見線桜をぬけてまた桜 tarumi sen sakura o nukete mata sakura               season word: sakura / cherry blossoms Tarumi Railway passing through cherry blossoms and again cherry blossoms 　　　***** 双葉立つリスの埋めたる櫟の実 futaba tatsu risu no umetaru kunugi no mi 　　　　　　　　season word: futaba / seed leaves   seed leaves rise from an acorn buried by a squirrel PDF version