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April Fool

2010-01-04T06:27:43Z

Masajo　真砂女1969 age 63

四月馬鹿髪結いあげてどこへも出ず
shigatsu baka kami yuiagete doko e mo dezu

Lee & Emiko’s English

April Fool---
I do up my hair and go
nowhere

Seasonal word: April fool (spring)

Sakuo haiga

decent spring

2010-01-02T04:48:04Z

Issa　一茶　1822　age 60

一面にろくな春也門の雪
ichimen ni rokuna haru nari kado no yuki

David’s English

everywhere I look
a decent spring...
snow at my gate

Note: key word is decent spring.
haikuguy.com/issa/search.php

sakuo haiga

solitude too

2009-12-31T02:34:59Z

Masajo　真砂女1906 age 63

淋しさも草を焼く火もひろごりぬ
sabishisa mo kusa wo yaku hi mo hirogorinu

Lee & Emiko’s English

solitude, too
fire burning grass, too
have spread

Seasonal word: burning grass (spring)

Sakuo haiga

for the crow

2009-12-27T04:07:27Z

Issa　一茶　

跡臼は烏のもちか西方寺
ato usu wa karasu no mochi ka saiho^ji

David’s English

is the next batch of rice cakes
for the crow?
Saiho Temple

Shinji Ogawa notes that ato usu means "the next batch of rice cakes" (not, as I originally thought, the "tub in back"). Issa makes a statement instead of a question: "The next batch of rice cakes is for the crow" (ato usu wa karasu no mochi ya). There are two types of usu or mill: (1) shiki usu (grinding hand-mill) and (2) a large wooden tub used for rice or herb cake making. The cake maker pounds the ingredients with a wooden mallet. The second definition fits here.
http://cat.xula.edu/issa/

Not: Saiho Temple by Gavi

sakuo　haiga

blue blossom

2009-12-18T08:07:28Z

Masajo　真砂女1906 age 63

旅かなし白梅むしろ青しと見
tabi kanashi hakubai mushi ro aoshi to mi

Lee & Emiko’s English

sadness on a journey---
white plum blossoms
I see as blue

Seasonal word: white plum blossoms (spring)

Sakuo haiga

paper robes

2009-12-15T11:25:34Z

Ｉｓｓａ　一茶　translated　Dr.　David

well suited--
down the slope they go
in paper robes

niaishi ya onnazaka oriru kamiko-dachi
似合しや女坂下る紙衣達

by Issa, 1813
Paper robe (kamiko) is a winter season word: a thin, wind-resistant outer kimono. Onnazaka is a gentle slope.

Note　by　Greve Gabi　
Kamiko, the paper robes: http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2008/05/paper-robes-kamiko.html
Onnazaka, women’s slope: http://wkdfestivalsaijiki.blogspot.com/2007/07/womens-slope.html

Sakuo haiga

frozen star

2009-12-11T11:07:30Z

Masajo 真砂女1961年　55歳

凍星のわれをゆるさぬ光かな
iteboshi no ware wo yurusanu hikari kana

Lee & Emiko’s English

frozen star ---
unforgiving light
falls on me

Seasonal word: frozen star (winter)

sakuo haiga

has greened

2009-12-05T11:32:43Z

Issa　一茶　1813　
age 51　one year before marriage

at the gate
a palm-sized rice field too
has greened

門先や掌程の田も青む
kado saki ya tenohira hodo no ta mo aomu

translated by Dr. David.
http://cat.xula.edu/issa/

sakuo’s haiga

snow on snow

2009-11-28T03:14:35Z

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

2009-11-24T10:10:49Z

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

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2009-11-22T08:18:53Z

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shampooed hair

2009-11-22T04:00:37Z

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

2009-11-21T02:45:36Z

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

2009-11-15T04:15:50Z

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

2009-11-08T12:07:09Z

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

2009-11-07T03:41:21Z

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

2009-11-01T10:23:56Z

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

2009-10-29T02:09:57Z

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

cuckoo

2009-10-28T05:32:59Z

autumn wind

2009-10-22T03:34:46Z

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

2009-10-21T12:07:20Z

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

2009-10-09T11:46:16Z

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

2009-10-08T05:44:04Z

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

2009-10-05T04:03:44Z

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

2009-09-29T02:10:56Z

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.