World Haiku Series 2019 (149) Haiku by PETROV VLADIMIR

World Haiku Series 2019 (149)

Haiku by PETROV VLADIMIR

 

is hermit alive?

on mountain trail hoarfrost

not worried

 

仙人は生きていますか？

山道の霜に

心配はしない

 

silenced guests

talking about nothing…

cuckoo song

 

沈黙したゲストたち

何も話さない

カッコウの歌

 

puppy fuss…

be first to come to me

the saddest

 

子犬の大騒ぎ

私のところに最初に来てください

一番悲しいの

 

moon is hiding

beyond clouds of flowers

along promenade

 

月が隠れている

花の雲を越えて

遊歩道沿いに

 

hundred eighth hit!

at once became year older

falling snow

 

108番目のヒット！

一気に年をとった

降っている雪

 

cricket fell silent…

want to walk in the grass

with his girlfriend

 

コオロギが沈黙した…

草の中を歩きたい

彼のガールフレンドと一緒に

 

getting wet in the rain

white feather dress …

so what are you waiting for?

 

雨に濡れている

白い羽のドレス

何を待っているの？

 

even wind died down

without disturbing flowers –

nightingale trills

 

風さえ消えた

花を邪魔することなく

ナイチンゲールが震え声で歌う

 

mountains in fog –

it seems that above ground

floating islands

 

霧の山々

地上には浮島があるようです

 

— Translated by Hidenori Hiruta

 

 

PETROV VLADIMIR

Russian public and political figure, businessman.

49 years old, from St. Petersburg.

Interest and love for literature and poetry, probably from childhood.

In 2019, he mastered a new format of Japanese poetry.

He took part in several competitions where poems were marked positively.

He does not give more detailed comments about his creative, literary and poetic activity.