Haiku by Chen Xiaoou in China (36)

10 English Haiku

(1)

approaching winter

migratory birds busy

packing their belongings  

近づく冬

忙しい渡り鳥

持ち物を梱包

(2)

winter trip

unfamiliar passengers

sit close together

冬の旅行

見知らぬ乗客

近くに座る 

(3)

winter night

the figures bend against

the wind and rain   

冬の夜

人の影が曲がる

風と雨に逆らって

(4)

lively baby

mother lulls herself

to slumber

元気な赤ちゃん

母があやして

寝かしつける

(5)

inundation

installing a springboard

at 2^nd floor window    

浸水

踏み台を取り付ける

2階の窓際に

(6)

green things

stick their timid heads

from the ground 

緑のもの

おそるおそる頭を出す

地面から

(7)

cool breeze

beads of water roll about

the leaves of lotus

涼しい風

水の玉が転がりまわる

蓮の葉

(8)

inundation

they set up a boat stop

in front of my house 

     First Appeared on Haiku Foundation

浸水

ボート乗り場を設置

私の家の前

(9)

uphill climb

chimneys gradually

rise into view

     First Appeared on Haiku Xpressions

上り坂を登る

徐々に煙突

視界に入る

(10)

marshland

the calf’s lifted foot

hangs in the air

First Appeared on Cold Moon

湿地帯

子牛の引き上げられた足

空中に掛かる

A Chinese Haiku

昨夜一场霜

干荷老柄风摇荡

寂寞秋江上       

a heavy frost has

occurred last night

the dry brown stems of

the lotuses swing in the wind

what a sight of loneliness

about the autumn river

ひどい霜が

昨夜降りた

蓮の乾いた褐色の茎が

風に揺れる

なんと寂寥たる光景だろう

秋の川

NOTE:

This haiku is based upon a poem composed by Liu Bingzhong, a Chinese poet of Yuan Dynasty.

ー Translated into Japanese by Hidenori Hiruta

Pictures of Chen Xiaoou’s Lecture:

His lecture was given to the students of Chinese Language and Literature at Kunming University on 13th May.