Five English Haiku
(1)
tunnel passage
some important news
I unfortunately miss
トンネル通過
重要なニュース
残念ながら見逃してしまった
(2)
satellite
transmitting voices
without a sound
First published on Haiku Foundation
衛星
音声を送信
無音で
(3)
grandpa’s spade
how many changes of handles
none of us remembers
First published on Haiku Foundation
おじいちゃんのシャベル
柄が何回変わったか
誰も覚えていない
(4)
first migrating birds
I add firewood to my
country cottage
First published on Failed Haiku-A Journal of English Senryu
最初の渡り鳥
田舎のコテージに
薪を足す
(5)
London fog
the torch-bearing man
conducts the carriage
ロンドンの霧
松明を持った男が
馬車を操縦する
Two Japanese Haiga
はつはるやしぜんのおんぷきれいだな
ゆきのゆうみなあたたかさかんじてる
Two Chinese Haiku
春月入云端
猫下梅树枝摇晃
忽闻梅花香
while the spring moon is
slipping into the clouds, the cat
climbs down from the plum tree
leaving the branches swaying
and a scent of plum blossoms
is suddenly smelled
NOTE:
This haiku is inspired by a poem written by the Japanese haiku poet 池西言水.
春の月が
雲に沈みゆく頃
猫は梅の木から降り
枝が揺れる
梅の花の香りが
ふわりと漂ってくる
月明秋宵长
悄无乌鹊向南飞
但见孤鸿影
in an endless autumn night
while the moon is shining bright
I behold no groups of crows or
magpies travelling southward
but the lonely shadow of a
wild goose flying in the
stillness of solitude
NOTE:
This haiku is based upon a poem written by Sa Dula, a Chinese poet of Yuan Dynasty.
果てしない秋の夜
月が明るく輝く中
南へ渡るカラスの群れも
カササギの群れも
見当たらない
ただ静寂の孤独の中を飛ぶ
一羽の野生の雁の孤独な影だけが
そこに佇んでいる
－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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