H
A I K U S P
I R I T
Summer
A Hidden
Pond-Anthology of
Modern
Haiku,
Kadokawa Shoten
1997
Translated by T Koko Kato and David
Burleigh
ISBN:
4-04-883453-3
IMPORTANT
The sea stretching out
as far as one can see -
the blue sky of May
Hoshino Tsubaki (1930~)
Three great rivers
dividing the green paddy fields
of the Mino plain
Matsui Toshihiko (1927~)
Into an hear so huge
that we call it a lake
comes the cuckoo's cry
Takaha Shugyo (1930~)
The shades of darkness
become richer and deeper -
fireflies in a cage
Kato Minako (1925~)
Clouds so long ago,
and in order to recall them -
a summer hat
Omaki Hiroshi (1931~)
You human beings,
clothes all wrinkled at the back
from perspiration
Hayashi Sho (1914~)
Under a blazing sky
a snail in the distance -
the sail in my heart
Yamaguchi Seishi (1901~1994)
Getting back
not having been touched by
the scorching sun
Kamikura Utsuwa (1929~)
Mother in pale light,
wife in deep shadow -
the dogdays of summer past
Hasegawa Sogyo (1897~1988)
Serenity that
reaches right down the backbone -
a midsummer day
Mori Sumio (1919~)
In India
Being only a drop
between heaven and earth,
utterly naked
Usaki Fuyuo (1931~)
Just like a blast
of cooling air
a man comes
Iida Ryuta (1920~)
Sitting quietly
in the summer cool, waiting
for words to come
Hirose Naoto (1929~)
Only the window panes
of an elementary school
in the evening glow
Kato Shuson (1905~1993)
A spoon
at the bottom of the fountain -
summer has gone
Iijima Haruko (1921~)
"Finally the end of summer"
written down bad-temperedly
and then to bed
Imoto Noichi (1913~)