#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)

#0412

どこからともなく雲が出て来て秋の雲
dokokara tomonaku kumo ga detekite aki no kumo
Taneda Santôka (種田 山頭火)
       
From nowhere, / Clouds coming out - / Autumn clouds. 

(Tr. by Hisashi Miura and James Green)
     
From somewhere clouds appear autumn clouds (Tr. by Hiroaki Sato)

#0353

曇り日の落葉掃ききれぬ一人である
Kumori-bi no rakuyō haki kirenu hitoridearu
Ozaki Hōsai (尾崎 放哉)
        
A cloudy day, unable to sweep off the dead leaves, by myself (Tr. Hiroaki Sato)
         
Felhős nap, egyedül nem bírok a lombsöpréssel (Tr. by Gabor Terebess)

#0339

涼風や 青田のうへの 雲の影
Suzukaze ya aota nō e no kumo no kage
Morikawa Kyoroku (森川許六)
             
Un viento frío. / Sobre arrozales verdes, / sombras de nubes.
(Tr. de Antonio Cabezas)

#0330

                      Foto: Amaya Díaz

夏山やよく雲かゝりよく晴るゝ
natsuyama ya yoku kumo kakari yoku haruru
Kyoshi Takahama (高浜 虚子)
             
Summer mountains - / sometimes in the clouds / sometimes in sunshine
(Tr. by Katsuya Hiromoto)

#0329

                        Foto: Amaya Díaz

雲霞呑みつつ越ん菊の山路
Kumo kasumi nomitsutsu koen kiku no yamaji
Tagami Kikusha 田上菊舎
          
Engullendo nubes y brumas, / dispuesta a atravesar el camino / de la montaña de

los crisantemos
(Tr. y comentario de Vicente Haya)

#0302

秋空ただよふ雲の一人となる
aki-zora tadayou kumo no hitori to naru

Taneda Santôka (種田 山頭火)

           
Autumn sky - / Floating clouds, / Becoming alone. (Tr. by Hisashi Miura and James Green)

#0265

ひぬもす曇り波音のカカな
hinumosu kumori namioto no kakana   
Ozaki Hōsai (尾崎 放哉)
              
Toute la journée / un temps nuageux / le bruit incessant des vagues
(Tr. par Hiroaki Sato)

#0258

雲に鳥人間海にさそぶ日ぞ
kumo ni tori ningen umi ni asobu hi zo
Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶)   
        
Nuages aux oiseaux / et des humains dans la mer / ces jours de plaisir 

(Tr. par Jean Cholley)

         
Birds in the clouds / people in the sea... / a holiday (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)

#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)

#0118

                         Foto de Óscar Díaz

雲がいそいでよい月にする
kumo ga isoide yoi tsuki ni suru

Taneda Santôka (種田 山頭火)

    
The clouds, / Hurrying by, / Making a good moon. (Tr. by Hisashi Miura and James Green)

  
Clouds are sailing fast / To make the moon look better. (Tr. by Takashi Nonin)

  
Clouds hurry and turn it into a good moon (Tr. by Hiroaki Sato)

#0112

                   Foto de Óscar Díaz

ﾂあらしかいだるき雲のかかる也
aoarashi kaidaruki kumo no kakaru nari
Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶)
   
Wind on the greenery-- / a weary cloud / hangs over

(Tr, by David G. Lanoue)

#0060

寒い雲がいそぐ


samui kumo ga isogu

Taneda Santôka (種田 山頭火)

 
Hace frío… / ¡Qué deprisa van / las nubes!
(Tr. y comentario de Vicente Haya)

 
Cold clouds / hurrying (Tr. by Burton Watson)

 
Cold / Clouds / Hurrying. (Tr. by John Stevens)


 

The clouds run in a hurry, / in the cold winter sky. (Tr. by endoy)

 


Cold clouds hurry (Tr. by Hiroaki Sato)

 


Transis de froid / les nuages au galop (Tr. par André Vendevenne)

#0029

あの雲がおとした雨にぬれてゐる
Ano kumo ga otoshita ame ni nurete iru
Taneda Santôka (種田 山頭火)
 
Estoy calado por el agua / que esa nube ha dejado caer.
(Tr. y comentario de Vicente Haya)
 
The rain from that cloud / Made me wet. (Tr. by John Stevens)

  
Rain dumped / from that cloud / getting wet in it (Tr. by Burton Watson)
  
I am wet / By the rain / From that cloud. (Tr. by R. H. Blyth)
  
Those clouds threw a rain shower; / I'm wet through. (Tr. by Takashi Nonin)

  
That cloud dropped the rain I’m getting wet in (Tr. by Hiroaki Sato)

  
This cloud there / let the rain down / that soaked me (Tr. by Gilles Fabre)
 
Soaked in the / rain that cloud there / has let fall (Tr. by Dennis Keene)

  
Trempé par la pluie / qui tombe / de ce nuage-lŕ. (Tr. par Aude Fieschi)

#0002

ふるままぬれるままであるく
Furu mama nureru mama de aruku
Taneda Santôka (種田 山頭火)
 
Cae la lluvia / Y, tal como cae, me moja. Ando expuesto.
(Tr. y comentario: Vicente Haya)
 
Just as it is / It rains, I get wet, I walk. (Tr. by John Stevens)
 
C'est ainsi / Il pleut, je suis trempé, je marche. (Tr. par Gilles Fabre)