Five English Haiku
(1)
eve game
a shuttlecock flies
into the unborn year
イブのゲーム
シャトルコックが飛んでいく
まだ生まれていない年へ
(2)
passing breeze
the subway train
enters the station
そよ風
地下鉄の電車
駅に到着する
(3)
champion runner
chasing the setting sun
night never falls
チャンピオンランナー
夕日を追いかけている
夜は決して訪れない
(4)
country road
restless sleepers joggle
against one another
First published by Arges
田舎道
寝苦しい人たちが互いに体を揺らす
(5)
horse race
his curled hair springs
on his shoulders
First published by Arges
競馬
彼の巻き毛が肩に跳ね上がる
Two Japanese Haiga
わかくさやきをつけあるくあしもとに
わがいえはなみのまにまにうかぶかな
Two Chinese Haiku
举目望碧空
天际征鸿行如缀
飞向不知处
raising my head
I look up into the blue sky
and see the swan geese flying
in a line, as if they were strung
together, heading for no one
knows where
NOTE:
This haiku is inspired by a poem written by Wang Yucheng, a Chinese poet of Song Dynasty.
頭を上げるて
青い空を見上げる
白鳥の群れが一列に並んで飛んでいるのが見える
まるで糸で繋がれているかのように
どこへ向かうのかもわからないまま
飛んでいく
何来大蝴蝶
满园花蜜仅采空
蜜蜂去无踪
what a huge butterfly
who gathers up the honey from
all the flowers in the garden
while all the bees are
escaping away
NOTE:
This haiku is inspired by a poem written by Wang Heqing, a Chinese poet of Yuan Dynasty.
なんて大きな蝶でしょう
庭中の花から蜜を集めている
ミツバチがみんな逃げていく間に
－Translated into Japanese by Hidenori Hiruta
Chen Xiaoou’s Brief Bio
Chen Xiaoou is a haiku lover and poet living in Kunming, China. His haiku poems appeared over 320 times on international journals, including USA’s Haiku Foundation, UK’s Japan Society, Australia’s Haiku Xpressions and Japan’s Asahi Shimbun. Four of Xiaoou’s poems were selected as The Haiku of the Week on Japan Society. Most importantly, he feels proud that he has had the opportunities of sharing his English haiku, Chinese Haiku and simple Japanese haiga with haiku lovers 57 times on Akita International Haiku Network, totally over 600 pieces.
Xiaoou is the only haiku poet from China who writes for Akita International Haiku Network, Australian Haiku Society and Canada’s Daily Haiga ever since the establishment of these organizations.
Moreover Xiaoou has given 15 lectures on haiku, three of which were at universities in his city. In his lectures he provided an introduction to the history of haiku and shared his experience of writing this short verse. These offered his friends and the audience a chance to encounter and help them understand the charm of the art of haiku which originated in Japan and has spread to most parts of the world.
Chen Xiaoou is a member of World Haiku Association, which is headquartered in Japan.
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