〜In my back garden  赤い実〜

I found a broken branch with red fruits on the ground of my back garden.  I am not sure why it happened.  This is not a pyracantha branch but as I found a haiku on red fruits, I wrote this one.

For the elderly/

Red fruits form to make a cluster/

O pyracanthas/

Calligraphy and translation by Chio

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うちの裏庭で、赤い実をつけた枝が折れて落ちているのを見つけました。どうしてこうなったのかわかりません。これはピラカンサではありませんが、赤い実の俳句を見つけましたので書きました。

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〜Daffodils 春の光の中で〜

It is still very cold and we have more snow this year than usual. However, in the bright spring sunshine, daffodils look full of vigor.

It is the sunshine

That makes daffodils stand out/

Calligraphy and translation by Chio

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まだまだ寒いですし、今年は雪が多いですが、明るい春の日差しの中で水仙が頑張ってくれている気がします。

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〜Most precise flower languages  白いアザレア〜

These white azaleas are from my very important friend who could be called my soul mate.  She meant them for the memory of my late mother.

I was pleasantly surprised to find out the flower languages of white azaleas suit really well to this scene.

“I am happy to be loved by you.”

“Contentment”

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大事な心の友から亡き母の思い出に、と届いたアゼリアです。白いアゼリアの花言葉を調べたところ、あまりにもピッタリと合うのでちょっとびっくりです。

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〜Wide sky of winter  空の青〜

It is a very cold day today, however, we can enjoy looking up at the sky with big-heartedness.

Blue of the sky wouldn’t/

Fall into/

Winter sky/

Calligraphy and translation by Chio

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今日はとても寒いですが、大空を見上げると気持ちも大きくなるみたいです。

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〜Valentine gift  かわいいです〜

The theme of a box of chocolate I got the other day is “cats”, which is so cute.

Footprints look like/

Blaze/

Cat in snow/

Calligraphy and translation by Tomoko

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先日いただいたチョコレートの一箱は、猫がテーマになっていてとても可愛らしいのです。

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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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〜Getting warmer very slowly  朝の日差し〜

About one week has passed since the start of February.  My feeling now is “is it getting a little warmer, I wonder” or “I hope it is”.

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Shaft of the sunlight/

Reaches to the portraits of the deceased/

Shoji (paper) screen in spring/

Calligraphy and translation by Chio

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2月に入って1週間ほどもすぎ、少しは暖かくなってきているのかしら、なっていて欲しいけどね、と感じています。

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〜It is a haiku on the New Year but …  宝物〜

Although my memory ability has now declined immensely, I used to have a marvelous faculty of memory when young, which made some people really hate me.  Moreover, because of that GOOD memory, I myself had to continue to hate someone for a long spell.  However, I have always treasured my memory faculty and memories themselves all my life. Memories do not need spaces and they do not have shapes and weight, either.  I believe they are as precious as jewels that keep on shining in my heart. 

Although it is a haiku about the New Year, I wrote it because it happened to hold my attention.

Memories do not occupy/

Space/

Last year and this year/

Calligraphy and translation by Chio

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今では随分と弱くなってしまいましたが、私は若い頃には人から嫌がられるほどの記憶力がありました。その記憶力の良さのために、誰よりも私自身が誰かを憎み続けるということもありました。けれども、それでも記憶力や思い出は尊いものだと私は生涯信じ続けています。思い出というものは場所もとらなければ、形や重さもありません。それは心の内の小さな宝石のように貴重で大切な存在です。

実はこれは新年の句ですが、ふと目に留まりましたので、書きました。

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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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〜Beautiful, attractive pictures 優美な指の動き〜

〜Beautiful, attractive pictures  優美な指の動き〜
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How elegant was the movement of the tarot reader’s fingers when she cleverly treated them!  
And amazingly beautiful and intriguing are the cards’ pictures.
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Lining up and looking at/
Souls/
While basking in the sun/
Calligraphy and translation by Chio
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カードを器用に操る人の指の動きの美しいこと。そして、カードの図柄の不思議な美しさといったら。
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