World Haiku Series 2022 (30) Haiku by Ed Bremson

Haiku by Ed Bremson

the lyrics

that poets write…

Earth’s hum

詩人たちが書く抒情詩

地球のハミング

rising mist

mountains hide

the morning sun

立ち昇る霧

山が朝日を隠す

winter…

all the things given to us

by the mountain

冬

山によって私たちに与えられたすべてのもの

cherry trees, mountains…

the things God has given us

to shower with love

Consulate-General of Japan in Toronto

桜、山など

神が私たちに与えてくださったもの

愛を込めて惜しみなく与えてくれた

global warming…

the known world flooded

with unknowns

地球温暖化

周知の世界があふれている

未知のもので

straight and tall the pines,

surely they won’t miss us

when we’re gone

真っ直ぐに伸びた高い松、

きっと寂しく思わないだろう

私たちが去ったとき

troubled planet…

oh how I miss the koi pond

of my youth

Fourth prize Raven Haiku Contest

問題の多い惑星

ああ、青春の頃の鯉の池が恋しい

shackled

to this Earthly existence…

the freedom in dreams

この地上の存在に束縛されている

自由は夢の中に

all over the world

the fading light of reason,

the pulsing of clocks

世界中で

消えゆく理性の光

時計の鼓動

another new year…

again we begin

with hope

また新しい年

再び希望を持って始めます

NOTE:

The Yin/Yang haiga, collaboration with Hemapriya Chellappan artist, Ed Bremson poet, published 2022 in Failed Haiku. The dogwood haiga previously unpublished.

－ Translated into Japanese by Hidenori Hiruta

Two haiga by Ed Bremson

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Inspired by fine works of haiku and haiga by Ed Bremson, Hidenori Hiruta introduces 10 Japanese Haiku (Japanese/English) on 池, or Ponds, from the E-books by HIRUTA Hidenori and from HI (Haiku International) magazine issued by HIA (HAIKU INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION).

池の鯉吾も花見と浮上せり

(ikeno koi  ware-mo hanami to  fujō seri)

 A carp rises

to the surface of the pond

to see cherry blossoms

岩田　秀夫

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八重桜千秋楽を飾りけり

(yaezakura  senshū-raku o  kazari keri)

Double cherry blossoms

the last is the best

in the viewing

蛭田秀法

HIRUTA Hidenori

 The E-book ‘俳句 山上Haiku Surmounting II’ (2019)

池の客青鷺舞を舞ひにけり

(ike no kyaku  aosagi mai o  maini keri)

The pond guest

the heron giving

a dancing flight

蛭田秀法

HIRUTA Hidenori

 The E-book ‘俳句 山上Haiku Surmounting I’ (2019)

躑躅咲く辰子の池や錦鯉

(tsutsuji saku  tatsuko no ike ya  nishiki-goi)

White azalea

in Tatsuko’s pond

colored carp

蛭田　秀法

HIRUTA Hidenori

 The E-book ‘辰子の復活 The Resurrection of Tatsuko’ (2022)

錦鯉緑風の中泳ぎけり

(nishikigoi ryokufū no naka  oyogi keri)

Green wind

colored carp swimming

in the pond

蛭田　秀法

HIRUTA Hidenori

 The E-book ‘辰子の復活 The Resurrection of Tatsuko’ (2022)

紫陽花や池面に映る七変化

(ajisai ya  ikemo ni utsuru  shichihenge)

Hydrangea

reflecting themselves in

Tatsuko’s pond

蛭田　秀法

HIRUTA Hidenori

 The E-book ‘辰子の復活 The Resurrection of Tatsuko’ (2022)

河骨の茶室の庭に手水鉢

(kōhone no  chashitsu no niwa ni  chōzubachi)

A stone washbasin

by the kōhone pond

the tea garden

NOTE:

Kōhone (河骨) is Nuphar japonica.

The big washbasin is said to have been brought back to Japan from Korea by Kiyomasa Katō 「加藤清正」 during the Bunroku Campaign ( the first Japanese invasion of Korea 1592-1593) 「文禄の役」 and to have been sent from Ōsaka Castle to the Satake family at the discretion of Mitsunari Ishida「石田三成」. 

蛭田　秀法

HIRUTA Hidenori

 The E-book ‘俳句 山上Haiku Surmounting I’ (2019)

蓮の花姿を映す胡月池

(hasu no hana  sugata o utsusu  kogetsu-ike)

Ōga lotus

reflected on the surface

Kogetsu pond

NOTE:

In 1951, the Ōga lotus was found in the ruins of the Jōmon period「縄文時代」by Ichirō Ōga「大賀一郎」. The seeds were stated to be over 2,000 years old. The lotus, awoken from its long slumber, is blooming now in Kogetsu Pond, with its dream coming true.

蛭田　秀法

HIRUTA Hidenori

 The E-book ‘俳句 山上Haiku Surmounting II’ (2019)

万緑の園映しけり胡月池

(banryoku no  sono utsushi keri  kogetsuike)

The very best copy

of green in the park

Kogetsu pond

蛭田　秀法

HIRUTA Hidenori

 The E-book ‘俳句 山上Haiku Surmounting II’ (2019)

池の鯉深く静かに冬籠り

(ike no koi  fukaku shizuka ni  fuyu gomori)

Carp in the pond

motionless in depth

winter seclusion

蛭田　秀法

HIRUTA Hidenori

 The E-book ‘俳句 山上Haiku Surmounting I’ (2019)