〜Mother’s favorite 香りの高い枝〜

My late mother liked orange sweet tea trees.  She used to say she liked the plant because it was giving off sweet fragrance before she noticed.  Hearing that comment from my mother, I was always so surprised.  I just thought that kind of comment was out of her character.  

The poem says by breaking a branch of the odoriferous tree and putting it in your sleeve you can save the trouble to burn incense to make your clothing fragrant.

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亡母は金木犀が好きでした。ふと気づくといつの間にか香っていて、その奥ゆかしさに惹かれると言っていました。この人が、この発言!? といつも驚きました。

この詩は、一枝手折って袖に忍ばせれば、香を焚いて衣に良い香りをつけなくてもいいという内容です。

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〜Popular summer food 食べてね〜

As my late mother loved 素麺 or thin wheat noodles, I cooked some and offered it on the family Buddhist altar.  Its setout is so, very facile, though.

Summer clouds appear and grow limitlessly/

Somen or thin wheat noodles went soft/

Calligraphy and translation by Chio

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亡母はお素麺が好きでしたので、ちょっと作ってお仏壇にお供えしました。安直な盛り付けですが。

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〜Cool looking glass container お花を浮かべて〜

I put some flower petals on the water in a glass container.  Then I placed it in front of my late mother’s photograph, thinking it would create a cool feeling and that it would help praying for her soul. 

Before my late mother/

Flowers floating in a glass container/

Cool setting/

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ガラスの器に水を入れて、花びらを浮かべて、涼しげだなと、母の遺影の前に飾りました。供養になればいいと思います。

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〜My late mother  戸を閉める〜

This modern haiku says my late mother closes the door.  I just wonder if she closed it behind her back and is now leaving the place.

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My late mother of/

February/

Quietly closes the door/

Calligraphy and translation by Chio

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この現代俳句では、亡母が戸を閉めるとありますが、これは後ろ手で戸を閉めて、外へと出ていくところかしらと思いました。

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〜Early spring scene 梅の枝〜

The month of February is just around the corner.  As my mother passed away in February, I can’t help but look at it that way. 

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Mother passed away/

Plum blossoms/

To the end of a branch/

Calligraphy and translation by Chio

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そろそろ2月の声も聞こえて来そうです。母が亡くなった月ですので、どうしてもそれを思ってしまいます。

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〜Memories of my mom  母の日に〜

On these fans, I wrote the initial letter of my late mother’s name, a passage from an old children’s song and my favorite phrase, “breaking into a broad smile” for my mother.  She used to use a fan quite noisily before falling asleep on the bed on summer evenings.  Thus, these all are worn-looking but somehow, I feel like keeping them.

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亡母のために書いた団扇です。母の名前の字と童歌の一節と「破顔一笑」。母は夏の夜、寝る少し前ベッドで団扇をバタバタと使っていました。それでぼろぼろですが何となく置いています。

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