Saturday, December 27, 2014

strange begging

I'm having trouble right now; I'm in play mode. I need to be in stress, work, I'm going to kill myself mode, or I'm not going to get anything done.
Someone stress me out~~~

Sunday, December 21, 2014

Issa Snow Haiku

橇を子等に習つてはきにけり
kanjiki wo kora ni naratte haki ni keri
snowshoes--
children show me how
to put them on
 
.そり引や犬が上荷乗て行
sori hiku ya inu ga uwani nosete yuku
a man pulls a snow sled
a dog atop
the cargo
 
.初雪のふはふはかかる小鬢哉
hatsu yuki no fuwa-fuwa kakaru kobin kana
the first snow
softly, softly clings...
side lock of hair
 
.初雪や古郷見ゆる壁の穴
hatsu yuki ya furusato miyuru kabe no ana
first snowfall--
my home village in a hole
in the wall
 
.はつ雪や雪やといふも歯なし哉
hatsu yuki ya yuki ya to ium mo ha nashi kana
"First snowfall, snowfall!"
he says
without teeth
 
大雪やおれが真上の天の川
ôyuki ya ore ga ma ue no ama no gawa
a big snow--
straight above me
the Milky Way
 
.雪礫投る拍子にころぶかな
yukitsubute tojiru hyôshi ni korobu kana
to the beat
of the snowballs
he tumbles
 
original by Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue