'HAIKU'
by R.H.BLYTH
THE HOKUSEIDO PRESS TOKYO
&
'The Essence of MODERN HAIKU'
by Seishi Yamaguchi
MANGAJIN,Inc.Atlantaより抜粋


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Green when created,
sea never changing color,
even in winter.
Seishi
Jap.=原始より　藍海冬も　色変えず



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Festival pathos--
when even the peep-show scopes
are basmeared with fog.
Seishi
Jap.=祭あわれ　のぞきの眼鏡　曇るさへ


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In a load's sanctum,
I adjust the winter hood
on someone's baby.
Seishi
Jap.=人の子の　頭巾なおして　天守の上



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A soft little mass
of infant taking a nap,
snoozing on and on.
Seishi
Jap.=やはらかき　稚児の昼寝の　続きけり



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Thinking about him :
a cricket, chirping away,
looking at the ground.
Seishi
Jap.= うつむきて　鳴くこおろぎの　ことおもふ



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At the deepest point
of grief,somebody nearby
breaks a withered branch.
Seishi
Jap.=悲しさの　極みにたれか　枯木折る



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Dig up its rice fields
and the land of Yamato
becomes new again.
Seishi
Jap.=大和また　新たなる国　田を鋤けば



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Here all of Japan
comes together to perform
its first pilgrimage.
Seishi
Jap.=日本が　ここに集まる　初詣



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Ice and water,
Their difference resolved,
Are friends again.
Teishitsu
Jap.=うちとけて　氷と水の　仲直り



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Every morning
In the sky above my roof,--
Is it the same skylark?
Joso
Jap.=朝ごとに　同じひばりか　屋根の空



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The man who says,
"My children are a burden,"--
There are no flowers for him.
Basho
Jap.=子に飽くと 申す人には　花もなし



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The frog
Looks at me,--
But with a sour face!
Issa
Jap.=我をみて　苦い顔する　蛙かな



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The camellia flower
Fell on the tatami,
Making a sound.
Shirao
Jap.=音なして　畳みへ落ちる　椿かな



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Under the cherry-blossoms,
None are
Utter strangers.
Issa
Jap.=花の陰　赤の他人は　なかりけり


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"付録"

現代の短歌:
"サラダ記念日" 俵　万智


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