The spring sky feels bright and full of hope. Yet, you sometimes have vague, inexplicable fear for no good reason. This haiku conveys that kind of feeling.
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明るくて、希望に満ちた印象の春の空。それでも、ふっと理由の分からない漠然とした恐れを抱いてしまうという気持ちを詠んだ俳句ですね。
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There are so many flowers in my garden. I must have been living a good life. At least, that’s how it seems to others.
Lots of flowers in my garden/
I was told I have a good life/
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庭にたくさんの花々。私はきっといい人生を歩んでいるのです。少なくとも人にはそのように見えているはずです。
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This is an interesting haiku which goes “I want to fly around as freely as a butterfly—until I get bored, that is.”
I am joining the butterfly society/
Until I begin to feel bored/
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蝶のように自由に飛び回っていたい、退屈するまではね、という面白い句ですね。
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Cabbage whites have been really familiar to me since I was a child. But the butterfly moves so quickly that even when I spot one, I can’t seem to take its shot properly.
Oh, a cabbage white/
Just a moment, please/
Now, I’m putting on lipstick
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子どもの頃からずっと、とても馴染み深い紋白蝶ですが、動きが早すぎて姿を見つけても、上手に写せません。
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The color of a pearl changes depending on the angle from which you view it. I wonder if this haiku means that a spring dream is constantly changing, and it can’t be expressed with one single color.
If I were to describe using colors/
It would be the color of pearls/
Oh, a dream of spring/
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真珠の色は見る角度によって違ってきます。春の夢は、そんな一色では表せない移ろうような色をしているということでしょうか。
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Using a steamer makes cooking so easy. But the cooked food tastes really good, and you can enjoy the tastes of the ingredients as they originally have. I am not sure, however, if you could call it cooking.
Steamer lets go steam furiously/
Plum tree has a few blossoms/
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蒸し器を使って調理すると、とにかく簡単で、それでも材料のお味がよく分かる美味しい料理になります。料理と言えるかどうかは分かりませんが。
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I remember that when I was growing up, there was a huge, vast rose garden that belonged to the family living near us. It suddenly came to my mind when I read this haiku.
While suavely choosing delicate roses/
Heard a sudden spring thunder rolled/
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子供の頃、真向かいには、近くのお家の大きくて、広いバラ園がありました。この句を見て、ふと思い出しました。
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This haiku seems to express the idea that a grave simply stands where it is, without any pretense or adornment. In other words, when the sun shines, it simply basks in its warmth. In other words, it seems to stand in contrast to humans, who are always eager to do something. In other words, it works as a contrast with people who are always eager to do something.
The graves in the sunlight/
They are, indeed/
Honest/
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お墓はただそこにあるだけで、何も取り繕ったり、飾ったりもしない。陽が当たれば、ただそれを受けているといった俳句のようです。つまり常に何かをしたがる人間との対比のようです。
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It has been about a week since I held the important memorial services for my late parents. Although I am having a sense of relief, there are still a lot of tasks I need to take care of.
The gentle voice of sutra chanting/
Echoes in the air/
Oh, the west wind of Higan period/
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Higan: a quiet time in Japan to honor ancestors around the equinox.
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両親のための重要な法要を済ませてから、1週間ほど経ちました。気持ちは安堵していますが、まだまだ片付けないといけない用事が山積しています。
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I can’t remember how I came across this while searching on the net, but I thought it was an interesting haiku, so I chose it as a motif for my calligraphy. I found it intriguing that the Archaeopteryx was mentioned, and I also found it very interesting that, even though it was a bird, the description said it ran instead of flying. I wonder what kind of bird it was.
Tree-shadowed gloom/
Archaeopteryx/
Running through it/
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どう検索してこれに当たったのか思い出せないのですが、面白い俳句だなと思って書きました。始祖鳥が出てくるのも面白いですし、鳥なのに飛ばないで走るという記述も面白いと思いました。どういう鳥だったのかしら。
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