3.11 Haiku from the Romanian Haiku Group (3)

 

On August 1, 1689, Basho visited Kisakata （象潟）, Akita Prefecture　（秋田県）,  Northern Honshu, on his journey.

Basho wrote about Kisakata in his travel diary The Narrow Road to Oku, 『おくのほそ道 (Oku no Hosomichi 』.

You can read what Basho wrote in his diary in the two articles of this website:

https://akitahaiku.wordpress.com/2011/05/14

https://akitahaiku.wordpress.com/2011/05/21

 

On July 23, 2011, we visited the Kanmanji Temple （蚶満寺）in Kisakata, where  we found Basho’s statue in the temple garden.

Here is a photo of the statue.

 

 

 

ねぶの木や芭蕉の像に花供ふ

nebu no ki ya  Basho no zou ni  hana sonau

 

mimosa tree

dedicates blossoms ―

Basho’s statue

 

As you know from the article above, on July 10, 1804, a big earthquake occurred in Kisakata about 115 years after Basho’s visit there. The earthquake caused upheaval of ground by 2.4 meters.

When we visited there on July 23, we found the Roku Jizō 六地蔵　(lit. = Six Jizō)
Six Jizō and Six States of Existence built by the road to the temple.

The statues are said to have been built and dedicated to the souls of the victims of the Kisakata earthquake 100 years after.

Here is a photo taken at the Kanmanji Temple （蚶満寺）in Kisakata.

 

 

 

Jizō vowed to assist beings in each of the Six Realms of Desire and Karmic Rebirth, in particular those in the hell realm, and is thus often shown in groupings of six.

 

Today, on August 20, I post the third part of RO KU Magazine – Japan, between suffering and hope dedicated to the disaster from Fukushima.

Courtesy of Mr. Corneliu Traian Atanasiu, editor of ROMANIAN KUKAI, here is a pdf file of the magazine.

 RO KU JAPONIA

 

DEMNITATE

DIGNITY

IGEN

威厳

 

şcoală-n ruină –

cursul despre tsunami

în aer liber

 

school in ruins –

tsunami lesson

outdoor

破壊された学校 ―

津波の授業

屋外で

 

după cutremur –

acelaşi munte Fuji

în inima mea

 

after the earthquake –

the same mount Fuji

in my heart

地震の後 ―

同じ富士の山

私の心の中に

 

furia mării

întrerupând destine –

Fuji neclintit

 

the fury of the sea

breaking destinies –

still Fuji

 

海の狂暴

運命をばらばらに ―

静かな富士

 

străinii pleacă –

abia acum aş merge

la Fuji-yama

 

the foreigners leave –

only now I’d like to go

to Fuji-yama

外国人が去る ―

今この時に思う行ってみたい

富士山へ

 

salvatorii –

atât de greu de găsit

fiecare cuvânt

 

rescue team –

this spring so hard to find

every single word

 

救助隊 ―

この春はとっても見つけにくい

あらゆる一つの語

 

Fukushima –

pentru toți dispăruții

câte un haiku

 

Fukushima –

for every missing man

a haiku

福島 ―

あらゆる行方不明者に

俳句を一句

 

singurătate –

alături de Cei Cinzeci

întreaga lume

 

loneliness –

the whole world by the side

of The Fifty Men

孤独 ―

かたわらに全世界

５０人の男のそばに

SPERANŢĂ

HOPE

KIBŌ

希望

 

printre ruine –

nestingherit cireşul

înmugureşte

 

among ruins –

the cherry tree buds

without obstacles

廃墟の中 ―

桜の木につぼみ

障害はなし

 

după potop –

în bărcile de hârtie

flori de cireș

 

after the flood –

in the paper boats

sakura blossom

洪水の後 ―

紙製の船に

桜の花

 

suflete în mâl –

noi rădăcini înalţă

lujeri de lotus

 

souls in mud –

the new born roots arising

lotus shoots

泥の中の魂 ―

新生の根が生ずる

蓮の芽

 

după cutremur –

dînd colţ printre rădăcini

un coif de samurai

 

after earthquake –

springing among roots

a samurai helm

 

地震の後 ―

根の間にはずんでいる

侍の兜

 

în fostul oraş

un copac cu o creangă –

primul ou în cuib

 

in the vanished town

a tree with a branch –

first egg in the nest

 

消え去った町に

枝一本の木が一本 ―

巣の中に最初の卵

 

soare răsare –

un strigăt de nou-născut

printre ruine

 

sun rising –

a newborn’s cry

among the ruins

 

太陽が昇る ―

新生児の泣き声

廃墟の中で

 

cutremur în zori –

printre ruine

o păpădie

 

earthquake at dawn –

among the ruins

a dandelion

夜明けの地震 ―

廃墟の中で

タンポポが一本

 

mână întinsă

din noapte spre lumină –

muguri de cireş

 

out-stretched hand

from dusk to dawn –

cherry buds

いっぱいに広げられた手 ―

夕暮れから夜明けへ ―

桜のつぼみ

 

sake şi sakura

printre lacrimi şi ruine –

un nou început

 

sake and sakura

through tears and ruins –

a new beginning

酒と桜

涙と廃墟を通って ―

新しい始まり

 

în zorii zilei –

deasupra ruinelor

cei dintâi cocori

 

at dawn –

over the ruins

the first cranes

夜明け ―

廃墟の中に

最初の鶴たち

printre ruine

mireasma unui cireş

abia înflorit

 

among ruins

the scent of a cherry tree

just bloomed

 

廃墟の中に

桜の木の匂い

花が咲いたばかり

 

Lastly , let me post my haiku and photo I took at the backyard of the Kanmanji Temple （蚶満寺）in Kisakata

 

 

 

蚶満寺芭蕉の花の咲きにけり

Kanmanji  basho no hana no  sakini keri

 

Kanmanji Temple ―

Basho’s flower

in full bloom

 

The next posting ‘3.11 Haiku from the Romanian Haiku Group (4)’ appears on August 27.

 

― Hidenori Hiruta (member of HIA)