#0440

青あらし我家見に出る旭哉
aoarashi waga ya mi ni deru asahi kana
Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶)
     
Wind on the greenery-- / coming to see my house / the morning sun
(Tr. by David G. Lanoue)

#0439

み空行く雲も使と人は言へど
家づと遣らむたづき知らずも
misora yuku kumo mo tukapi tö pitö pa ipedö 

ipeduto yaramu taduki sirazu mo
   
Man'yōshū  MYS XX: 4410
    
"Travelling the sky
The clouds can be your messengers,"
Or so folk say, yet
How a gift home they'll take
I really know not.
    
(Tr. by Thomas McAuley)

#0438

原に霞たなびき鶴が音の
悲しき宵は 國邊し思ほゆ
unapara ni kasumi tanabiki tadu ga ne nö
kanasiki yöpi pa kunipe si omopoyu
       
Man'yōshū MYS XX: 4399
   
Over the sea's wide sweep
Trails a haze of mist;
The cranes call
Sadly in the dusk
Reminding me of home.

     
(Tr. by Thomas McAuley)

#0435

 家思ふと寐を寝ず居れば鶴が鳴く
葦辺も見えず春の霞に　　　
ipe omopu tö i wo nezu woreba tadu ga naku
asibe mo miezu paru nö kasumi ni
        

Man'yōshū MYS XX: 4400
  
Thinking of home
I lie sleepless;
The cranes call
From the reedbeds - unseen
In the springtime haze. 

    

(Tr. by Thomas McAuley)

#0426

春立や我家の空もなつかしき
haru tatsu ya waga ya no sora mo natsukashiki
Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶)
        
Spring's begun-- / the sky over my house too / like old times
(Tr. by David G. Lanoue)

#0422

我宿のうぐいす聞む野に出て
Waga yado no uguisu kikan no ni idete
Yosa Buson (与謝 蕪村)
            
Mi choza… / ¡El ruiseñor! / Salgamos al campo a escucharlo
(Tr. y comentario de Vicente Haya)

#0413

かり家や村一番の冬日向
kari ie ya mura no ichiban no fuyu hinata
Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶)
               
rented house-- / the village's best spot / for basking in the winter sun
(Tr. by David G. Lanoue)

#0401

ふるさとは遠くして木の芽
furusato wa tōku shite ki-no-me
Taneda Santôka (種田 山頭火)
    
Home / a long way off / budding trees (Tr. by Burton Watson)
    
My native place / Far away: / The buds on the trees. (Tr. by R. H. Blyth)
    
Far / from my home village / budding trees (Tr. by Gilles Fabre)
   
My native town / Far, far away-- / Burgeoning trees. (Tr. by Takashi Nonin)
    
My hometown’s distant tree buds (Tr. by Hiroaki Sato)
    
My home is far away, / the sprout of a tree. (Tr. by James Abrams)
   
Have been far from my hometown, / trees around me are in bud. (Tr. by Endoy)

#0376

秋寒や行く先々は人の家
akisamu ya yuku saki-zaki wa hito no ie
Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶)
      
Autumn cold-- / wherever I go people / have homes
(Tr. by David G. Lanoue)

#0375

ふしぎ也生れた家でけふの春
fushigi nari umareta ie de kyô no haru
Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶)
    
Amazing-- / in the house I was born / spring begins today
(Tr. by David G. Lanoue)

#0349

むつつり木槿が咲く夕べ他人の家にもどる
Mutsu tsuri mukuge ga saku yūbe tanin no ie ni modoru
Ozaki Hōsai (尾崎 放哉)
      
Althea in sullen bloom, evening, I return to someone else’s home (Tr. Hiroaki Sato)
    
Mályvarózsa virágzik, este máshoz megyek haza (Tr. by Gabor Terebess)

#0341

ふるさとはみかんのはなのにおふとき
furusato wa mikan no hana no niou toki

Taneda Santôka (種田 山頭火)

        
Old home / when tangerine blossoms / make a good smell (Tr. by Burton Watson)

#0326

家が建てこんで来た町の物売の声
Ie ga tate konde kita machi no mono-uri no koe
Ozaki Hōsai (尾崎 放哉)
          
Dans le quartier / au maisons serrées les unes contre les autres / le cri d’un marchand 

(Tr. Cheng Wing fun & Hervé Collet)

#0320

先生の家の古ぼけた門である
Sensei no ie no furuboketa mondearu
Ozaki Hōsai (尾崎 放哉)
      
It’s the antiquated gate of my teacher’s house (Tr. Hiroaki Sato)

#0289

家を持たない秋がふかうなるばかり
ie wo motanai aki ga fukau naru bakari 

Taneda Santôka (種田 山頭火) 

              
Not having a house - / Only the deepening of autumn

(Tr. by Hisashi Miura and James Green)

#0246

伏見には町屋のうらに鳴く鶉　　
Fushimi ni wa machiya no ura ni naku uzura 
Uejima Onitsura ( 上島鬼貫)

             
En Fushimi, al fondo / de las casas de los comerciantes / canta una codorniz
(Tr. y comentario de Vicente Haya)

#0237

むしのこえおうちぜんぶをかこまれた
Mushi no koe o-uchi zenbu o kakomareta
Haiku de niños
   
El canto de los insectos / rodea mi casa / por todas partes
(Tr. y comentario de Vicente Haya)

#0219

木がくれの家真昼にとぶ蛍
Kogakure ie mappiru ni tobu hotaru
Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶)
    
Choza escondida entre los árboles / en pleno mediodía / vuelan las luciérnagas
(Tr. y comentario de Vicente Haya)
     
House in deep shade / at high noon... / fireflies (Tr. by  David G. Lanoue)

#0057

うまれた家はあとかたもないほうたる


umareta ie wa atokata mo nai hōtaru
Taneda Santôka (種田 山頭火)
 
No hay el menor vestigio / de la casa en que nací / Las luciérnagas
(Tr. y comentario de Vicente Haya)

 
Nothing remains / Of the house I was born in-- / Fireflies. (Tr. by John Stevens)


 
Nothing left of the house / I was born in / fireflies (Tr. by Burton Watson)


 
The house where I was born, / There is no trace - / Fireflies. 
(Tr. by Hisashi Miura and James Green)


 
Of the house where I was born no trace left fireflies (Tr. by Hiroaki Sato)


 
No trace left of the house of my birth, / fireflies. (Tr. by James Abrams)