#0449

うら窓や只一本の木下闇
ura mado ya tada ippon no koshitayami
Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶)
      
Back window-- / just one tree / for deep tree shade
(Tr. by David G. Lanoue)

#0445

木かげは風がある旅人どうし
kokage ha kaze ga aru tabibito doushi
Taneda Santôka (種田 山頭火)
       
In the tree's shade - / A wind, / Travellers both. 

(Tr. by Hisashi Miura and James Green)

#0415

朝陰や親ある人のわかなつみ
asa kage ya oya aru hito no wakana tsumi
Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶)
        
Morning shadows-- / someone who has parents / picking herbs
(Tr. by David G. Lanoue)

#0384

岩かげまさしく水が湧いてゐる
iwakage masashiku mizu ga waite iru
Taneda Santôka (種田 山頭火)
      
Behind the rocks, / Sure enough, a fountain; / Eureka! (Tr. by Takashi Nonin)
       
From the shadow / Of the rocks / Water wells up. (Tr. by John Stevens)
       
in the shade of the rock / sure to be / water bubbling up (Tr. by Burton Watson)
        
Behind the boulder, / Water trickling, / Just as I thought. 

(Tr. by Hisashi Miura and James Green)

#0344

染色の傘のちらちら汐干哉
some-iro no kasa no chira-chira shiohi kana
Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶)
      
Their colorful umbrellas / fluttering... / low tide (Tr. by David G. Lanoue)

#0340

風船玉がをどるかげがをどる急いで通る
Fūsendama ga o doru-kage ga o doru isoide tōru
Ozaki Hōsai (尾崎 放哉)
      
Balloons dance shadows dance hurriedly I pass (Tr. Hiroaki Sato)

#0324

影もはつきりと若葉
kage mo hakkiri to wakaba 
Taneda Santôka (種田 山頭火)

              
The shadows, / Very clear - / Young leaves. (Tr. by Hisashi Miura and James Green)
              
Their shadows distinct the young leaves (Tr. by Hiroaki Sato)

#0188

花の陰あかの他人はなかりけり
hana no kage aka no tanin wa nakari keri
Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶)  
       
 Cherry blossom shade / no one an utter / stranger
(Tr. by David G. Lanoue)

      

A l’ombre des fleurs / même un parfait étranger / ne l’est plus
(Tr. par Nekojita)
   

#0079

笠をぬぎしみじみとぬれ
kasa o nugi shimi-jimi to nure
Taneda Santôka (種田 山頭火)

 
Calado hasta el tuétano, / ya me puedo quitar / el sombrero de bambú
(Tr. y comentario de Vicente Haya)
 
Calat fins al moll, / ja em puc treure / el capell de bambú (Tr. per Rafael Juan)
 
Taking off my kasa, / Getting wet, / Satisfied within. (Tr. by Hisashi Miura and James Green)

 

Doffing my bamboo-hat, / I'm thoroughly wet. (Tr. by Takashi Nonin)

#0077

斯う活て居るも不思議ぞ花の陰


katsute iru mo fushigi zo hana no in
Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶)
 
Estar tan vivo… / ¡Qué cosa tan misteriosa..! / A la sombra de los cerezos
(Tr. y comentario de Vicente Haya)

 
Wath a strange thing! / to be alive / beneath cherry blossoms (Tr. by Robert Hass)