Category: Masaoka Shiki 正岡 子規

夕陽に馬洗ひけり秋の海 sekiyou ni uma arai hikeri aki no umi Washing the horsein the light of the setting sun –autumn sea.

葉まばらに柚子あらはるる後の月 ha mabara ni yuzu arawaruru nochi no tsuki The yuzu fruits come into sightamidst the sparse foliage –Ninth Month moon!

社を出れば十六宵の月上りけり sha o dereba izayoi no tsuki agari keri Leaving the shrine,the moon of the sixteenthascending

名月や大路小路の京の人 meigetsu ya ooji kouji no kyou no hito Harvest moon –people of the capitalout on the highways and byways!

名月やわれは根岸の四畳半 meigetsu ya ware wa negishi no yojouhan Harvest moon –me, at Negishi,in my tiny room!

一寸の草に影ありけふの月 issun no kusa ni kage ari kyou no tsuki Even the inch long grasscasts a shadow –Eighth Month full moon!

白露に家四五軒の小村哉 shiratsuyu ni ie shigo ken no komura kana In the glistening dewfour or five housesof a small village.

暁の霧しづか也中禅寺 akatsuki no kiri shizuka nari chuuzenji Mist at dawnin the stillnessof Chuzenji Temple.

しづしづと野分のあとの旭かな shizushizu to nowaki no ato no asahi kana All is quietthe morning afterthe typhoon.

稲妻をしきりにこぼす夕哉 inazuma o shikiri ni kobosu yuube kana Grumbling aboutthe constant lightning –evening.