再生 - Rebirth

新緑に再生祈り流れ雲

pray for rebirth /
with new green leaves /
clouds are floating ///

短夜 - I See the Light

短夜の明けぬるままに光見ゆ

even in a short night of early summer /
dawn is yet to come /
the light was seen ///


I See the Light , a photo by stella-mia on Flickr.

居ぬ春 - absent in Spring

居ぬ春は心の帳に散る桜

absent in Spring /
cherry blossoms are floating /
outer of a shelter of mind ///

sakura '11 - cherry blossoms #10 (Haradani-en, Kyoto), a photo by Marser on Flickr.

夕陽

夕陽 a photo by mmkeiten on Flickr.

胡弓の音消えゆき暮れる孔子廟

tones from a Chinese fiddle/
fading into an old building/
in a vesper of Confucius's Mausoleum ///

如月夜 - Parkview

Parkview a photo by mmkeiten on Flickr.

待ち人の如月春の夜の永き

waited people to come/
fairly lasting long night/
in February ///

竹林 - bamboo forest

ruts (Arashiyama, Kyoto)
Originally uploaded by Marser

竹林もゆかしく往きて雪の音

Through a bamboo forest / like to know what is up / with sound of snow ///

氷菓 - frozen fruits

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Originally uploaded by stella-mia

人知れず凍てつく今朝に実は満てり

No care paid / frozen fruits have / already been matured ///

東京駅 - The Tokyo St.

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Originally uploaded by keitenaijin_hk

人は去り迎える年もまた夢も

Though he left / welcome a new year / behind his dreams ///
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親雀 - sparrows

親雀パンくず分けしカフェテラス

slender sparrows there /
pieces of bred are shared /
in shade of cafeterias ///

睡蓮 - lotus

睡蓮の時代を経たる潔さ

Standing noble and soundless /
Lotus has been existing /
from generation to generation///

白椿 - white camellia

白椿首永らえて春の暮れ

white camellias survive /
from drop by gravitation /

sigh at dusk in spring ///

朝露 - morning dewdrops

朝露も日一日と梅の花

morning dewdrops bring /
bloom for plum trees /
from day to day ///

雛祭り - girls' festival

雛祭り母娘の歳の差縮まりぬ

on the girls' festival day /
mother and daughter celebrate it /
generation gap has

南洲 - Nanshu Saigou

南洲の視線をたどり春の空

following the direction /
of Nanshu Saigo's vision /
sky of spring is just high ///

豆腐売り - tofu seller

豆腐売り笛音と消える春小路

together with phone tone /
a tofu seller disappears into /
a narrow street in spring ///

大仏と現世 - great Buddha

春巡り大仏知らぬ背の現世

spring is here again /
a great Biddha statue never notices /
its backyard reality ///

梅切り花 - plum blossom

季巡り旧交暖む梅の鉢

a season turned around /
drink with a old friend /
plum blossoms enchant this time and place ///

七福神 - seven gods

七福は五蘊と道連れ春谷中

seven gods and goddess bring /

five wishes and worries /

along with journey to Yanaka in spring ///

春の雪 - snow in spring

春の雪天網恢恢粗に密に

coarse as well as condense / seers observation is prevalent / snow is falling in spring ///

植替え - replant

植替えし花落ち着きて風そよぐ
replanted into new planters /
flowers sigh deeply /
and breeze touches them softly ///