I kept trying to take my mother in wheel chair for a walk twice a day if at all possible since early fall last year.　And while walking, we have seen these pyracantha fruits many times.　Even now, we see these red fruits many times in many places.

This haiku is very well formulated, I thought, with this accurate expression, “malice”.

When looked at directly/

Pyracantha fruits/

Malice with a capital/

Translation and calligraphy by Tomoko

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昨年初秋から、出来るだけ１日２回母を車椅子散歩に連れ出していますが、このピラカンサの赤い実をよく見かけますし、ずっと見かけます。

「悪意」って的確だなと思った訳です。

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This year started with warm, sunny, windless and peaceful days.　My mother in wheel chair and I enjoyed walking along the Takano River near our place many times.　The flowing water twinkled and the floral buds on the cherry trees along the river looked already began growing.

Mother said it was her first time to enjoy such a peaceful, beautiful New Year days and that it would be her last time.　You will never know what would become of us in the future, but….

Spent a peaceful, warm New Year/

With mother who is/

Back in her childhood at heart/

Translation and calligraphy by Tomoko

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今年の初めの数日間は本当に好天に恵まれ、風もなく暖かないいお正月でした。車椅子の母と家の近くの高野川べりを何度も散歩しました。川の流れはキラキラと美しかったですし、桜並木の芽は早くも膨らんできているのが見て取れました。

母は「こんないいお正月は初めてだし、もう無いだろう」というようなことを言いました。確かに、先の事は分からないのですけれど・・・。

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This morning I woke up to find first snowfall this winter.　Because of my poor health in my childhood, my mother would make a snow rabbit for me when I was absent from school with cold, which often happened in winter.　I decided to reverse roles now and make one for her, but unfortunately I am too clumsy.　She tried to make another try later. However, my old mother seems to have lost dexterity in a hand.

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今朝起きると初雪が積もっていました。子供の頃病弱で、冬によく風邪で学校を休んだ私のために、母が雪うさぎを作ってくれました。今、役割を交替しようとしましたが、不器用なのでうまく出来ませんでした。後で母がやり直しましたが、年取った母は同じように不器用です。

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