Haiku by Vladislava Simonova in Ukraine (4)

On the radio
air raid alarm sounds
swallows are flying

ラジオで
空襲警報音
ツバメが飛んでいる

Explosions in the night       
I pray for those           
who were alive today     

夜の爆発
私は祈ります
今日生きていた人達のために

Note:
I meant people who were alive at the beginning of the day but died because of explosions. I hear rumbling sounds and think about those people.

On the field 
wheat ears are battered
tank's prints

畑で
小麦の穂がボロボロ
戦車の跡

Bombarded city
I couldn't recognize streets 
without signboards

爆撃された都市
通りはわからなかった
看板がなければ

In my pocket                 
I found a seashell from        
occupied Azov             

ポケットに
貝殻を発見
占領されたアゾフの

Note:
Recently I looked through my summer clothing and indeed found a seashell. It reminded me of summer trip to Azov sea previous summer. Now this place is occupied. 

By playing the flute 
I try in vain to drown out 
the explosions

フルートを吹いて
かき消そうとしても無駄である
爆発を

Will I watch the trees 
through the taped* windows 
turn yellow?

木が見えるだろうか
テープで留められた窓を通して
黄色になっている

Note:
* On the first day of the war we taped our window glass to prevent it from bursting while explosion.

What the clouds!
A woman on a bench
is all in tears...

なんたる暗雲!
ベンチにいる女性
涙にくれている

I clutched in my hand     
some missile shards -    
painfully            

手に握りしめた
いくつかのミサイルの破片
痛々しいほど

Note:
About missile shards. When I clutched them in my hand the sharp edges pocked my skin. It was painfully and another pain I felt together was pain of understanding what are these missiles doing with my land every day. So I guess it's "clutched painfully".

― Translated into Japanese by Hidenori Hiruta

Bio:

On February 4, 2019, Ms. Vladislava Simonova, who is the winner of JAL FOUNDATION AWARD in the Russian section of the 7th Japan-Russia Haiku Contest 2018, shared her haiku about winter time, her brief bio, and her photo.

Please check out the website below, and you will find her haiku.

Haiku by Vladislava Simonova in Ukraine

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