Tag: Matsuo Basho

At a hermitage: A cool fall night–getting dinner, we peeledeggplants, cucumbers.

A caterpillar,this deep in fall–still not a butterfly.

you make the fireand I’ll show you something wonderful:a big ball of snow!

A beestaggers outof the peony.

The oak tree:not interestedin cherry blossoms.

旅に病んで　夢は枯野を　かけ廻る Tabi ni yande/ Yume wa kareno wo/ Kake meguru Sicking on journey, My dream run about A desolate field. *The last haiku poems of Matsuo Basho. As in the preface of Oku-no Homichi, it is a farewell poem of him who was obsessed by a journey.

粽結ふ　片手にはさむ　額髪 Chimaki yu/ Katate ni hasamu/ Hitai gami While rolling the Chimaki dumpling, The other hand hold, Her bangs.  *Chimaki: A rice dumpling wrapped in bamboo leaves. Eating at Boys’ Festival

物いへば　唇寒し　秋の風 Mono ie ba/ Kuchibiru samushi/ Aki no kaze When you say something, The lip feel cold. The Autumn wind. *The haiku poem expresses about that people told a bad mouth about someone. It is a  rare poetry with self-discipline by Basho.

古池や　蛙飛び込む　水の音 Furuike ya/ Kawazu tobikomu/ Mizu no oto The old pond A frog leaps in. Sound of the water.

五月雨を　あつめてはやし　最上川 Samidare wo/ Atsumete Hayashi/ Mogamigawa The rains of summer join together. How swift it is Mogami River.