sakuo3903's Journal

snow on snow
Masajo　真砂女　1961年　55歳

同じ空の下に住む雪つもるかな
onaji sora no sitani sumu yuki tsumoru kana

Lee & Emiko’s English

under the same sky
your life and my life…
snow piles on snow

Seasonal word; snow ( winter )
Note: Masajo moved to live in Tokyo, and her lover was in a
sanatorium in suburb of Tokyo. Masajo looked up in the sky and
thought they were living under the same sky now. Snow was falling
and was covering the ground. She wondered if his place also
covered with snow.

sakuo haiga.

song less
Issa　一茶　1806　age 44

朝顔を鳴なくしたりきりぎりす
asagao wo naki naku shitari kirigirisu

David’s English

leaving the morning-glory
song less...
a katydid
.
Shinji Ogawa paraphrases, "The katydid made the morning-glory unable to sing." He speculates, "Issa may be saying that the katydid sang so well, this made the morning-glory silent." http://cat.xula.edu/issa/

sakuo’s haiga

shampooed hair
Masajo 真砂女 1961 age 55

洗髪乾かぬ雪となりにけり
araigami kawakanu yuki to nari ni keri

Lee & Emiko’s English

shampooed hair
remaining damp
it becomes snowy

Seasonal word: snow ( winter)

sakuo haiga

little pilgrim
Issa　一茶　1819　Age　５７

親よぶや凧上ながら小順礼
oya yobu [ya] tako age nagara ko junrei

David’s　English

calling his parents
while his kite rises!
little pilgrim

sakuo haiga

autumn gale
Masajo 真砂女1961 Age 55

野分中波にのまれてしまひたき
nowake naka name ni nomarete shimaitaki

Lee & Emiko’s English

autumn gale---
to be sallowed by a wave
is my wish

Seasonal word: autumn gale (autumn)

sakuo renga

parent carry
Issa 一茶 1813 age 51
挑灯を親に持たせて春の雨
chou^chin wo oya ni motasete haru no ame

David’s English

letting her parent carry
the paper lantern...
spring rain

Or: "his parent."
http://cat.xula.edu/issa/

sakuo renku

隣の村の嫁ぎ先まで
tonari no mura no totugi saki made

to her husband’s family
at the next village

sakuo haiga

green acorn
Masajo 真砂女1961 Age 55

人恋し青き木の実を掌にぬくめ
hito koishi aoki konomi wo te ni nukume

Lee & Emiko’s English

longing for him
I warm a green acorn
in my hand

Seasonal word: acorn (autumn)

sakuo renga

plum blossom
Issa 一茶 1810 age 48

幼子や掴々したり梅の花
osanago ya nigi nigi shitari ume no hana

David's English

the child
clutches them tightly...
plum blossoms

Issa suggests that the love of Nature's beauty is part of the human soul, not taught or learned. He also reveals, in this haiku, a connection and affinity between innocent child and fresh spring blossoms. We see in this clutching child a future poet.
http://cat.xula.edu/issa/

sakuo renga

cricket m
Masajo 真砂女1961 Age 55

こほろぎや眼を見はれども闇は闇
ko-rogi ya me wo miharedomo yami ha yami

Lee & Emiko’s English

crickets---
my eyes wide open to darkness
nothing but darkness

Seasonal word: cricket(autumn)
Note: Masajo is looking for her lover who might come to visit in the dark. But she sees only the darkness.

sakuo renga

autumn wind
Masajo 真砂女1961 Age 55

秋風や知らぬ顔して行きし人
akikaze ya shiranu kao shite yukishi hito

Lee & Emiko’s English

autumn wind---
he pretends not to see me
as he passes

Seasonal word: autumn wind(autumn)

sakuo renga

cooling
Issa 一茶 1816 age 54

立涼寝涼さても涼しさや
tachi suzumi ne suzumi sate mo suzushisa ya

David translation

cooling off standing
cooling lying down...
well, it's cool!

http://cat.xula.edu/issa/

sakuo renga

soreni tsuketemo hiru no atusa yo
それにつけても昼の暑さよ

that reminds me of
the daytime heat

a glass of beer
Masajo 真砂女1961 Age 55

ビールくむ抱かるゝことのなき人と
bi-ru kumu dakareru koto no naki hito to

Lee & Emiko’s English

a glass of beer---
I serve it to a man
I will never love

Seasonal word: beer(summer)

sakuo renga

buck's horn
Issa 一茶 1822 age 60

tied to the young
buck's horn...
a letter

saoshika no tsuno ni musubishi tegami kana
さをしかの角に結びし手紙哉

An interesting form of mail delivery! Perhaps the deer in question is a tame animal on the grounds of a temple.
http://cat.xula.edu/issa/

Translated by Dr. David

sakuo renga

violet
Masajo 真砂女 1961 age 55

すみれ野に罪あるごく来て二人
sumireno ni tsumi aru gotoku kite futari

Lee & Emiko’s English

field of violets---
like those fallen from grace
like the two of us

Seasonal word: violet ( spring )

sakuo renku

zabuton remake

Masajo 真砂女 1961 age 55

かりそめの夫の座布団花ぐもり
karisome no tsuma no zabuton hanagumori

Lee & Emiko’s English

a zubuton cushion
for my borrowed husband—
cherry blossom clouds

Seasonal word: cherry blossom clouds (spring)
Note: Zabuton is a floor cushion to sit on.

sakuo renga

I said the husband was her brother in law, but it was an error.
the husband was Masajo’s lover of air force.
This is pointed by Emiko Miyashita, translator, on 28 Sept 2009.
I again painted remade renga.

Remake: husband was a lover of air force, posted haiga is
remade here.

Sumida crain
Issa 一茶 1810 Age 48

柴の戸やかすむたそくの隅田鶴
shiba no to ya kasumu tasoku no sumida-zuru

David’s English

at my humble hut
so many in the mist!
Sumida River cranes

Shinji Ogawa explains that shiba no to (brushwood door) is an idiom for a "hut" or "my humble house." It does not mean that Issa's door is literally made of brushwood.
http://cat.xula.edu/issa/

sakuo haiga

zabuton cushion
Masajo 真砂女 1961 age 55

かりそめの夫の座布団花ぐもり
karisome no tsuma no zabuton hanagumori

Lee & Emiko’s English

a zubuton cushion
for my borrowed husband—
cherry blossom clouds

Seasonal word: cherry blossom clouds (spring)
Note: Zabuton is a floor cushion to sit on.

sakuo renga

As my husband was my sister’s one, I was forced to marriage with him after her death.
It was said to do so because of our family’s hotel survives.

my fan
Issa 一茶 1824 Age 62

茶の水の蓋にしておく団扇哉
cha no mizu no futa ni shite oku uchiwa kana

David’s English

covering up
my water for tea...
my fan

Or: "the water...the fan..."
Issa doesn't specify that either is his, though this might be inferred.
http://cat.xula.edu/issa/

sakuo renku & haiga

家事は苦手なお飾り女房
kaji wa negate na okazari nyoubo

not good at housekeeping
only sitting decoration
my bride

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