Patricia Lidia in Romania kindly contributed New Year’s card and her haiku to International Haiku New Year’s Festival 2011.
fairytales おとぎ話を聞く
in front of the stove – ストーブの前で
childhood memories 子供の頃の思い出
on a rabbit’s back 兎の背に乗って
hopping in New Year – 新年に跳んでいる
new resolutions 新しい抱負が
Patricia Lidia has her haiku blog, in which she kindly translated my haiku into Romanian: http://patricialidia.wordpress.com/ .
Haiku scrise de Hidenori Hiruta (蛭田秀法)
Haiku written by Hidenori Hiruta(蛭田秀法)
Haiku despre iarna/Haiku about winter
Haiku despre iarnă / Winter Haiku
La poalele muntelui Taihei, Akita/At the foot of Mt. Taihei, Akita
冬日差し山気緩むや太平山
The winter sun
breaks ―
Mt. Taihei
Soarele iernii
se sfărâmă în bucăţi –
Muntele Taihei
竹林の老ひし熊見る永遠の夢
The old bear
dreams of eternity
a bamboo grove
Ursul cel bătrân
visează-ntotdeauna
dumbrăvi de bambus
雪の中琵琶の音凍へ静寂へと
In the snow
too cold for the lute
into silence
În zăpadă e
prea frig pentru lăuta
ce stă tăcută
Here are some of Patricia Lidia’s latest works with some of photos, inspired by her birth city:
at vespers –
crooked crosses on the hill,
bird nests
夕べの祈り ―
曲がった十字架
鳥の巣
heavy hat
on grandparents’ house –
frozen snow
重い帽子
祖父母の家の上 ―
凍った雪
shooting star –
searching through the snowdrifts,
only fireworks
流れ星 ―
風に吹かれる雪を通して探す
花火だけを
drizzle –
beggar’s palm
full of leaves
霧雨 ―
乞食の手のひら
葉で一杯
yawning in class –
playing hopscotch on the pavement
only the chestnuts
クラスでは欠伸 ―
舗道では石けり遊び
ただ栗だけ
cold drops of rain –
among boats and rubbish,
the last lily
冷たい雨滴 ―
舟とくずの間に
最後の百合
insomnia again –
neighbor singing all the time
the same song
また眠れない ―
隣人がずっと歌っている
同じ歌を
lonely neighbor –
old songs on harpsichord
and the rain
孤独な隣人 ―
チェンバロで古い歌
そして雨
hail falling
through the old roof –
lights and shadows
霰が降る
古い屋根を通って ―
光と影
a cup of tea
and an open book –
stars at the window
一杯のお茶
そして開かれた本 ―
窓には星
I sincerely hope that you will stay and have a good time in the beauties and wonders of Patricia Lidia’s haiku world.
The next posting ‘Haiku by Students at Odate Homei High School(大館鳳鳴高校)in Akita, Northern Japan’ appears on February 26.
― Hidenori Hiruta
I really enjoyed these. My favorites–the old bear, too cold for the lute, and a cup of tea. These are very nice on a winter’s day. Thank you.