#0417

年の内に春は来にけり猫の恋
toshi no uchi ni haru wa ki ni keri neko no koi
Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶)
               
The year's not over / but spring comes anyway... / cats making love
(Tr. by David G. Lanoue)

#0312

山里や昔かたぎの猫と萩
yama-zato ya mukashi katagi no neko to hagi
Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶)
           
Mountain village-- / an old-style cat / and bush clover
(Tr. by David G. Lanoue)

#0175

山猫も恋は致すや門のぞき
Yama neko mo koi wa itasu yo kado nozoki

Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶)

  

Even the wild cat / looks for sex... / peeking in the gate

(Tr. by David G. Lanoue)

#0168

猫の目に海の色ある小春かな
neko no me ni umi no iro aru koharu kana
Yorie (より江)
    Dans les yeux du chat / la couleur de la mer / l’été de la Saint Martin
(Tr. par Nekojita)

#0161

さし足やぬき足や猫も忍ぶ恋
 sashiashi ya  nukiashi ya neko mo shinobukoi
Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶)

     

Sly steps, tiptoe / the cat, too / a secret Romeo
(Tr. by David G. Lanoue)
       

À pas feutrés / sur la pointe des pieds le chat aussi / vers ses amours clandestines 

(Tr. par Nekojita)

#0111

                                Foto de Rufino Díaz 

妻乞や一角とれしのらの猫

tsuma-goi ya hito kado toreshi nora no neko
Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶)

   

  His looking for a wife / makes him sociable... / stray cat
(Tr. by David G. Lanoue)

#0018

なげだしてまだ陽のある脚
Nagedashite mada hi no aru ashi
Taneda Santôka (種田 山頭火)
 
Estirando las piernas / todavía hay sol. (Tr. Vicente Haya)
 
Stretching out my feet; / Some daylight still remains. (Tr. by John Stevens)
 
Sprawling for a rest, / On my legs still - / Sunlight. (Tr. by Hisashi Miura and James Green)
  
Stretching my legs / To the light of a westering sun. (Tr. by Takashi Nonin)
 
assis / jambes allongées / dans le dernier rayon de soleil (Tr. par André Vendevenne)