HAIKU
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Дождик весенний…
Улитка садовая
Домой не спешит.
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The garden snail
Is in no hurry to get home.
It’s drizzling spring rain.
春の雨かたつむりさん急がない
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Вечером нежно
Цветущая сакура
Луну обняла.
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The evening’s grace…
The cherry blossom tree gently
Embraces the moon.
夜桜や月に寄り添い花散らす
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Круги на воде…
Не лягушка ли это
Прыгнула снова?
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Circles on the water —
Was it a frog leaping in?
No splash was heard…
蛙跳ぶ輪が水上に音もなく
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В голосе ветра
Есть нотки волнения
Гнущихся сосен.
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In the wind’s sharp voice
Notes of uneasiness sound…
The bending pines groan.
風の声不安の調べ松は哭く
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Что дождь? Ничего…
Гортензий цветением
Не налюбуюсь.
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The rain? No big deal.
Hydrangeas in full bloom… and
I can’t look away.
雨の中紫陽花が咲くうっとりす
NOTE: About Hydrangeas
The rainy season in Japan (Tsuyu) lasts from late May to mid-July. Hydrangeas in Japan peak blooming in June-July, during the rainy season.
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Капельки росы
Украсили стразами
Мягкую траву.
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Sparkling dewdrops
Adorned soft grass with rhinestones —
Morning’s pure delight.
朝露やラインストーン草の上
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Листья заварки
В чашке из порцелана
Танцуют на дне.
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The green tea leaves
In a porcelain cup
Dance on the bottom.
緑茶の葉踊るカップの磁器の底
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«Ква-ква», – лягушки
Омываются светом
В озере лунном…
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Ribbit-ribbit… frogs
Are bathing in silver light
In the lunar lake.
ケロケロと光を浴びて月の湖
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Дом одиноко
На склоне горы стоит…
Прячусь от бури.
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A lonely house
Is standing on the hill-side…
It’s a storm shelter.
山腹にぽつんと庵避難小屋
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На тихой реке
Вижу белую цаплю,
Танцует в воде.
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On the calm river—
A white heron dances,
Reflected in water.
川岸の水面に映る踊る鷺
NOTE: About Drawings
The drawings were made using the wombo dream ai program.
Bitary Subirin’s hand drawing is based on Wombo’s drawings.
Bio:
Vitaly Svirin, 55 years old.
Bitary Subirin is his pen name (Japanese pronunciation)
St. Petersburg (2016-2025)
He graduated from the Pedagogical University.
He has been a karate coach since 1995, and since 2009 he has been teaching chess to children.
In 2007 he was certified for 2 dan WSKF (karate).
In 2008, he passed the JLPT exam (Japanese) with 5 kyu. he has been writing haiku, senryu, and tanka since 2016.
He has also been writing rhyming poems since March 2020.
His highest achievement is the winner of the Japanese Embassy Haiku Competition 2020.
“Golden Pen of Russia – 2021” – laureate for the book “In the Open Window” (Japanese-style poems).
In 2021, the STRATA SPb publishing house released the final version of his book of Japanese miniatures “In the Open Window”.
Akita International Haiku Network 