#0446

死をまへに涼しい風
shi o mae ni suzushi i kaze
Taneda Santôka (種田 山頭火)
       
El viento frío, / indiferente, / pasa ante la muerte (Tr. de Vicente Haya)
     
Death is before me; / The cool breeze. (Tr. by John Stevens)
      
Before death - / A cool wind. (Tr. by Hisashi Miura and James Green)
    
Before death a cool breeze (Tr. by Hiroaki Sato)
    
In the face of death, / a cool wind. (Tr. by James Abrams)

#0357

波音遠くなり近なり余命いくぶくぞ
namioto tôkunari chikanari yomei ikubukuzo
Taneda Santôka (種田 山頭火)
   
Le bruit des vagues / tantôt proche, tantôt lointain / combien de temps encore à vivre ?
(Traductor desconocido)

#0310

死をひしひしと水のうまさかな
shi o hishi hishi to mizu no umasa kana
Taneda Santôka (種田 山頭火)
     
I feel death hemming me in - / How good the water is! 

(Tr. by Hisashi Miura and James Green)
     
Hurrying on to / death the water / tastes so good (Tr. by Dennis Keene)
      
Vite vite la mort / l’eau / a une saveur exquise. (Tr. par Aude Fieschi)

#0259

亡母や海見る度に見る度に

Naki haha ya umi miru tabi ni miru tabi ni
Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶)

         
My dead mother-- / every time I see the ocean / every time...

(Tr. by David G. Lanoue)

#0224

明滅のいづれ悲しき蛍かな
Meimetsu no izure kanashiki hotaru kana
Kawabata Bôsha (川端 茅舎)

     
Esas luces parpadeantes… / ¡Se aproxima el triste final / de las luciérnagas!
(Tr. y comentario de Vicente Haya)

#0207

 炎天にてり殺されん天窓哉

Enten ni teri korosaren atama kana

Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶)

            
    In sweltering heat / sunshine kills... / my poor head!
(Tr by David G. Lanoue)

#0178

じいちゃんをもやすけむりだ春の雲
Jîchan o moyasu kemuri da haru no kumo
Haiku de niños
     
Han quemado al abuelo / Es humo / Nubes de primavera
(Tr. y comentario de Vicente Haya)

#0159

ふみつけた蟹の死骸や今朝の秋


Fumitsuketa kani no shigai ya kesa no aki
Masaoka Shiki (正岡 子規)

  
Pisoteado, / el esqueleto de un cangrejo muerto / Esta mañana de otoño
(Tr. y comentario de Vicente Haya)

#0150

街はずれは墓地となる波音
Machihazure wa bochi to naru namioto

Taneda Santôka (種田 山頭火)

  
Las afueras de la ciudad / convertidas en cementerio, / el rumor de las olas.
(Tr. y comentario de Vicente Haya)
 
edge of town / all graveyard / and the sound of waves (Tr. by Burton Watson)

#0120

 

 死のしづけさは晴れて葉のない木

Shi no shizukesa wa harete ha no nai ki.

Taneda Santôka (種田 山頭火)

 

Esto sí que es la calma de la muerte: / Ante un cielo sin una sola nube, / 

unos árboles sin una sola hoja

(Tr. y comentario de Vicente Haya)

 

The quietness of death: / A clear sky, leafless trees. (Tr. by John Stevens)

 

Death’s stillness is the clear sky a leafless tree (Tr. by Hiroaki Sato)

  


Death's hush is the serene leafless tree (Tr. by Emiko Miyashita and Paul Watsky)

  


Todesstille der klare blattlose baum (Übers. von Dietmar Tauchner)


  

Stille des Todes: Bäume ohne Blätter bei strahlend schönem Wetter 

(Übers. Robert F. Wittkamp)

#0117

しぐるるや死なないでゐる
shigururu ya shinanaide iru
Taneda Santôka (種田 山頭火)

 
Cold winter rain; / I am still alive. (Tr. by R. H. Blyth)

 
Winter rain- / I am not dead yet (Tr. by Stephen Addiss with Fumiko and Akira Yamamoto)

 
late autumn rain; / not yet dying (Tr. by Stephen Wolfe)

 
late autumn rain; / yet not dying (Tr. by Stephen Wolfe)

 
It's drizzling, / Here I am, / Still alive. (Tr. by Hisashi Miura and James Green)

 
Late autumn rain's falling; / I have yet to die. (Tr. by Takashi Nonin)

 
Winter shower I’m still not dead (Tr. by Hiroaki Sato)

 
drizzling. / undying. (Tr. by Scott Watson)

 
Rain in late autumn / managing not yet / to die (Tr. by Dennis Keene)

 
Again the autumn rains? / Death has yet to come. (Tr. by James Abrams)

 
Averses d'automne / et moi / toujours en vie (Tr. par André Vendevenne)

 
Pluie d’automne / ne pas mourir encore. (Tr. par Aude Fieschi)

#0110

なんとなくあるいて墓と墓との間


nantonaku aruite haka to haka to no aida
Taneda Santôka (種田 山頭火)

 
Deambulando, / me sorprendo entre una tumba / y otra tumba
(Tr. y comentario de Vicente Haya)

 
Without any destination / I walk between the tombstones. (Tr. by John Stevens)

  


Goallessly / I walk amongst tombstones. (Tr. by Okami)

#0109

              Foto de Rufino Díaz

生死の中の雪ふりしきる


seishi no naka no yuki furishikiru
Taneda Santôka (種田 山頭火)

  
Dentro de la vida y la muerte / la nieve cae incesantemente

(Tr. y comentario de Vicente Haya)

 
Within life and death / Snow falls ceaselessly. (Tr. by John Stevens)

 
In the midst of life and death / Snow's falling thick and fast. (Tr. by Takashi Nonin)


  

The snow of life and death / Falls incessantly. (Tr. by R. H. Blyth)


  

Amidst life and death, / Snow continues to fall. (Tr. by Hisashi Miura and James Green)

  


In the midst of life and death the snow falls ceaselessly (Tr. by Hiroaki Sato)

  


In the midst of life and death, / a steady fall of snow. (Tr. by James Abrams)

  


It is snowing heavily / on my life and destiny. (Tr. by endoy)


  

Within life and death / snow ceaselessly falls. (Tr. by Okami)

  


Entre vie et mort / neige qui neige / encore encore (Tr. par André Vendevenne)

#0082

どこでも死ねるからだで春風
dokodemo shineru karada de harukaze
Taneda Santôka (種田 山頭火)

 
Con un cuerpo / dispuesto a morir donde sea / Viento de primavera
(Tr. y comentario de Vicente Haya)
  
Amb un cos / disposat a morir on sigui / Vent de primavera (Tr. per Rafael Juan)
 
With this body that can die any place spring wind (Tr. by Hiroaki Sato)

#0061

死んでしまへば雑草雨ふる

shinde shimaeba zassō ame furu
Taneda Santôka (種田 山頭火)

 

Si acabara muriendo... / Los hierbajos / Cae la lluvia
(Tr. y comentario de Vicente Haya)

 
When I die: / Weeds, falling rain. (Tr. by John Stevens)


 

When I finally die- / weeds / falling rain (Tr. by Stephen Addiss with Fumiko and Akira Yamamoto)


 

When I'm dead and gone - / Rain on the weeds. (Tr. by Hisashi Miura and James Green)


 

Once you die, weeds rain falls (Tr. by Hiroaki Sato)


#0053

いつでも死ねる草が咲いたり実つたり

itsu demo shineru kusa ga saitari minottari
Taneda Santôka (種田 山頭火)
 
Hierbas que pueden morir en cualquier momento / floreciendo y soltando sus semillas
(Tr de Vicente Haya) La poesía zen de Santoka.

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Weeds that may die / Any time-- / Blooming and seeding. (Tr. by John Stevens)


 
The weeds, / On which I can die anytime, / Some blooming, some bearing seeds. 

(Tr. by Hisashi Miura and James Green)


 
Ready to die any moment grass blooms bears seeds (Tr. by Hiroaki Sato)