Haiku by Chen Xiaoou in China (25)

10 English Haiku

(1)

tango no sekku     

beholding many carps  

flutter in the air  

端午の節句

たくさんの鯉が空中にはためくのが見える

(2)

golden wedding

I put on the sweater

the girl knitted

金婚式

私は娘が編んだセーターを着る

(3)

winter evening

mom serves hot soup

with foggy glasses

冬の夕方

母さんが温かいスープを出す

曇った眼鏡で

(4)

full moon’s night

my boy succeeds in

counting stars

満月の夜

息子が星を数えるのに成功

(5)

flying away without

flapping its wings

runway

羽ばたかずに飛び去る

滑走路

(6)

a gust of wind

the half veiled face

totally revealed   

突風

半分隠された顔が全部現れた

(7)

rusty lock

lovers never

ever part

錆びた錠前

恋人たちは決して別れない

(8)

hot bath

the lady vanishes

in the mirror

     First published on Haiku Foundation

熱いお風呂

女性が鏡に消える

(9)

a white line

changes constantly

on the beach

     First published on Japan Society

白い線

浜辺で常に変化する

(10)

power failure

on the ceiling & walls

pulsating shadows

     First published on Haiku Xpressions

停電

天井と壁に

明滅する影

1 Chinese Haiku

桥下初结冰

榆柳萧疏楼阁闲

陌上人行绝

under the bridge

the water begins to freeze

from elm and willow trees

the leaves start falling

more and more rooms

of the inn become vacant

and few foot-travelers

can be beheld

walking in the street

NOTE: Based upon a poem by the Tang Dynasty poet Meng Jiao. 

橋の下で

水が凍り始める

ニレと柳の木から

葉が落ち始める

旅館の空室が

どんどん増えていく

徒歩旅行者も

ほとんど見られない

通りで

－ Translated into Japanese by Hidenori Hiruta