#0431

金の輪の春の眠りにはひりけり (1942)
Kin no wa no haru no nemuri ni hairikeri
Kyoshi Takahama (高浜 虚子)
       
I have entered / The golden circle of / Spring slumber
(Tr. by Katsuya Hiromoto)

#0429

東に日の沈みゐる花野かな (1915)
Hingashi ni hi no shizumi-iru hanano kana
Kyoshi Takahama (高浜 虚子)
    
Still sunk in the east / Is the sun; the field of / Wild flowers
(Tr. by Katsuya Hiromoto)

#0428

葛城の神みそなはせ青き踏む
Kazuraki no kami misonawase aokihumu
Kyoshi Takahama (高浜 虚子)
       
Goddess of Mt. Katsuragi; / Please look at us stepping on / Early spring grass
(Tr. by Katsuya Hiromoto)

#0424

神にませばまこと美はし那智の滝
Kami ni maseba makoto uruwashi nachi no taki
Kyoshi Takahama (高浜 虚子)
     
Beheld as divinity / How sublime is / The Nachi waterfall
(Tr. by Katsuya Hiromoto)

#0419

鎌倉を驚かしたる余寒あり
Kamakura wo / odorokashitaru / yokan ari
Kyoshi Takahama (高浜 虚子)
          
The cold still lingers / Which was a surprise / To Kamakura
(Tr by Katsuya Hiromoto)

#0406

すたれ行く町や蝙蝠人に飛ぶ
Sutare-yuku / machi ya kohmori / hito ni tobu
Kyoshi Takahama (高浜 虚子)
      
A rundown town: / Bats are flying / Around people
(Tr by by Katsuya Hiromoto)

#0400

紅梅の紅の通へる幹ならん
Kohbai no / beni no kayoeru / miki naran
Kyoshi Takahama (高浜 虚子)
           
The light pink of red ume* blossoms / Might possibly run through / The trunk of the tree

(Tr. by Katsuya Hiromoto)

[*Japanese apricot]

#0395

怒濤岩を噛む我を神かと朧の夜
Dotoh iwa wo kamu / ware wo kami ka to / oboro no yo
Kyoshi Takahama (高浜 虚子)
        
Surging waves biting the rocks / Considered myself a god / On a night with a hazy moon
(Tr. by Katsuya Hiromoto)

#0393

冬枯にわれは佇み人は行く
Fuyugare ni / ware wa tatazumi / hito wa yuku
Kyoshi Takahama (高浜 虚子)
              
In a desolate winter scene / I stand still / Whereas people go by
(Tr. by Katsuya Hiromoto)

#0387

螽とぶ音杼に似て低きかな
Inago tobu / oto osa ni nite / hikuki kana
Kyoshi Takahama (高浜 虚子)
           
Locusts make a sound / Similar to that of a handloom / Low
(Tr. by Katsuya Hiromoto)

#0386

耳とほき浮世の事や冬籠
Mimi tohki / ukiyo no koto ya / fuyu-gomori
Kyoshi Takahama (高浜 虚子)
        
Tired of hearing / Worldly things: / Winter confinement
(Tr. by Katsuya Hiromoto)

#0385

地球一万余回転冬日にこにこ (1954)
Chikyuh ichiman-yo kaiten fuyuhi nikoniko
Kyoshi Takahama (高浜 虚子)
      
More than ten thousand / Rotations of earth; / Winter sun beams delight
(Tr. by Katsuya Hiromoto)

#0380

秋空を二つに断てり椎大樹
Akizora wo / futatsu ni tateri / shii taiju
Kyoshi Takahama (高浜 虚子)
         
Dividing the autumn sky / Into two / A huge chinquapin tree
(Tr. by Katsuya Hiromoto)

#0379

 小説に己が天地や炉火おこる
Shohsetsu ni / ono-ga tenchi ya / roka okoru
Kyoshi Takahama (高浜 虚子)
       
A novel creating / My own universe / A hearth fire is stirred
(Tr. by Katsuya Hiromoto)

#0378

この松の下に佇めば露の我
Kono matsu no shita ni tatazumeba tsuyu no ware
Kyoshi Takahama (高浜 虚子)
              
Standing under / This pine tree / I am a drop of dew
(Tr. by Katsuya Hiromoto)

#0374

                       Foto: Amaya Díaz

落花生喰ひつゝ讀むや罪と罰　（S12）
Rakkasei / kui tsutsu yomu ya / Tsumi to Batsu
Kyoshi Takahama (高浜 虚子)
                         
Munching on peanuts / I read: / Crime and Punishment
(Tr. by Katsuya Hiromoto)

#0372

我生の今日の昼寝も一大事
Waga sei no / kyoh no hirune mo / ichi-daiji
Kyoshi Takahama (高浜 虚子)
       
In my life / Today’s afternoon nap is also / A matter of great importance
(Tr. by Katsuya Hiromoto)

#0371

                        Foto: Rufino Díaz

遠山に日の当りたる枯野かな　（M33）
Tohyama ni / hi no ataritaru / kareno kana
Kyoshi Takahama (高浜 虚子)
      
A distant mountain / Seen in the sunlight: / A desolate field
(Tr. by Katsuya Hiromoto)

#0370

わが庭や冬日健康冬木健康
Waga niwa ya fuyuhi kenkou fuyuki kenkou
Kyoshi Takahama (高浜 虚子)
                     
My garden – / Healthy is the winter sun / Healthy are the winter trees
(Tr. by Katsuya Hiromoto)

#0333

この庭の遅日の石のいつまでも
Kono niwa no / chijitsu no ishi no / itsumademo
Kyoshi Takahama (高浜 虚子)
           
The rocks in this garden / Remain forever / In the lengthening days of spring
(Tr. by Katsuya Hiromoto)