Five English Haiku
(1)
international flight
my long journey from
morning to morning
国際線
朝から翌朝まで続く
私の長い旅路
(2)
25 years, she
looks even younger
then she was
25年経った
彼女は当時よりもさらに若々しく見える
Chen Xiaoou would like to share some of his pictures taken in Germany, where he learnt the German language in Leipzig and now came back to pay a return visit after 25 years!
(3)
eightieth birthday
granny dances with grace
at the party
First appeared on Haiku Foundation
80歳の誕生日
パーティーで優雅に踊る
おばあちゃん
(4)
linked to us
by an invisible chain
the moon
First appeared on Haiku Foundation
見えない鎖で
私たちとつながっている
月
(5)
lotus leaf
the water becomes
many waters
蓮の葉
水が多くの水域となる
2 Japanese Haiga
ほうかごにおなかがすいてぺこぺこだ
いしさえもやわらかくなるちりばなや
2 Chinese Haiku
落红铺满径
杏园憔悴杜鹃啼
无奈春归去
when the paths
are covered all over
with fallen pedals
the apricot garden feels
desolate with a cuckoo
flying around crying
we have no choice but
to watch the spring
leaving us
散り敷いた花びらに
小道がすっかり覆われると
杏（あんず）の園は寂しげで
ほととぎすが鳴きながら飛び交う
私たちはただ
春が去りゆくのを
見送るほかない
凭栏捻花枝
放花无语对斜晖
此恨有谁知
leaning on the railing
I gently twist a spray
in my hand, then I let
it loose and look up at
the setting sun in silence
who would understand
the sadness inside me
手すりにもたれかかり
手にした小枝をそっとねじり
やがてそれを放して
沈みゆく夕日を静かに見上げる
誰がわかってくれるだろう
私の内にあるこの悲しみを
These two haiku are inspired by a poem written by Qin Guan, a Chinese poet of Song Dynasty.
－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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