Haiku by Narayanan Raghunathan in India (1)

On May 20, 2010, I received a comment on our website from Narayanan Raghunathan.

He says in his comment as follows:

Dear Hiruta-San:

I humbly request you to visit our site

http://www.wonderhaikuworlds.com/

Please translate Haiku which you like into Japanese.
Please post your Haiku and translation on our site: It will surely get translated into other languages.

Narayanan Raghunathan.

His portrait is taken by Charles (Satheesh Thittamangalam).

First of all, I would like to introduce him to you.

Narayanan Raghunathan (b. 28th June 1953) son of late Sri Raghunatha Iyer and Smt. Rajalakshmi Raghunathan.

Fields Of Interest

Om, Philosophy (Upanishads, Vedanta, Sri Aurobindo, Philosophy of Science etc), Universal Mysticism , Poetry (Free Verse, Haiku, Tanka, Senryu etc), Religion (Mantram, Mownam Nyaasam, Sandhyaa Bhaasha Sanskrit Tawhid ), Music (Karnaatik, Dhrupad, Musicology), Dance, Mathematics (Number Theory, Infinite Transcendental Numbers, Set Theory and Foundations of Mathematics, Infinite Continued Fractions, Algebra etc) ~ Photography, Graphics ~

Two books of philosophical aphorisms published few years ago.

1] Kalki The Last Coming

2] Scrap Bits From The Note-Books Of A Lunatic.

A book on the Mathematical Infinity ~

3] The Solitary Infinity ~ Obituary to Transfinity

Two books of Haiku Poems ~

4] Infinite Flame Silences

5] Apocalyptic Rapture [ With Amanda ]

Founder and director of

Wonder Haiku Worlds.

I was active on various websites related to poetry & Haiku. I wrote as RUDRA & brahman~narayanan in Photo Haiku Gallery & as RUDRA in midnight edition!

Secondly, I would like to present his haiku to you with my Japanese translations.

Mon, Jun 14th 2010 :: English

a cherry blossom 　　　　　　　　　　桜の花

falls on the still pond ～　　　　　静かな池の上に散る　～

a frog watches 　　　　　　　　　　　 カエルが見守る

Save Earth Campaign ~ 　　　　　地球を救う運動 ～

Mon, Jun 14th 2010 :: English

summer monsoon ~ 　　　　　　　　　夏の季節風

musical waters fall in 音楽的な水が落ちる

subdued light 　　　　　　　　　　　　弱い光の中に　　　　　　　　　　

Jun 9th 2010:: English

fireflies flutter away 　　　　　　　 int蛍がひらひら飛び去る

to the vast sky, become 　　　広漠とした空に　

twinkling stars 　　　　　　　　　　キラキラ光る星になる

English translation by Narayanan Raghunathan. Posted on Sat, Jun 5th 2010, 10:54

the crow watches 　　　　　　　烏がじっと見る own crow’s face on 自分の顔を the water’s face 水面に映った

May 22nd 2010 :: English
jumping over 　　　　　　　　　　　跳び越える　　 the twilight sky ~ 　　　　　　　　薄明かりの空を　～　 a ruby puddle 　　　　　　　　　　真紅の水たまり

May 16^th　2010 :: Ｅｎｇｌｉｓｈ
lone star twinkles 　　　　　　　　　ひとつ星がキラキラ光る on an ancient sky ～　　　　　　　　太古の空に　～ a fragrant breeze 　　　　　　　良い香りのそよ風

Jun, 16th 2010 :: English
i cough ~ 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　私はせきをする　～ a thunder for ants at 　　　　　　ありたちにとっては雷　 the coffee pond 　　　　　　　　　コーヒーのたまりで

May 11th 2010 :: English
a dandelion 　　　　　　　　　　　　タンポポが evades evades evades 　　　　　　逃れる　逃れる　逃れる　 the child’s hand　　　　　　　　　　子供の手を

May 11th 2010 :: English

a dove perches 　鳩がとまる

on a winter minaret ～　　　　　冬の光塔に～

　
evening namaz 　　　　　　　　 夕方のｎａｍａｚ


May 11th 2010 :: English
an ant walks 　　　　　　　　　　　アリが歩く through the hieroglyphs 　　　象形文字を通って of my ant haiku 　　　　　　　　私のアリの俳句の

Tue, May 11th 2010 :: English
coffee lake ~ 　　　　　　　　　　湖でコーヒー～　 ants’ suicide squad 　　　　　　アリの自殺分隊が arrives to conquer　　　　　　　征服するために着く

May 11th 2010 :: English
table-top cosmos ~ 　　　　　　テーブルの上のコスモス　～　 a fly flutters among 　　　　ハエがパタパタ飛ぶ　　 scurrying ants 　　　　　　　　動き回るアリの間を

May 8th 2010 :: English

dove orchid ~ 　　　　　　　　 はと色のラン　～

a blue butterfly in 青い蝶々

　
fragrant sunlight 　　　　　　 香りの良い日光の中の

May 8th 2010 :: English

vanda blooms ~ 　　　　　　　　 ヴァンダの花が咲く　～

ants investigate yellow アリたちが調べる　黄色い

orchid architecture 　　　　　　ランの建築物を

Apr 13th 2010 :: English
spring rain ~　　　　　　　　　　　春の雨　～ a squirrel descends 　　　　　リスが駆け下りる　 the bamboo pole 　　　　　　　竹の棒を