My friend gave me the photo she took when driving to the rural area, which, I think, probably coincides with my late father’s earliest memory.
Even the water at the bottom/
Is my hometown/
O mackerel sky/
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田舎の方にドライブしてきた友人にもらった写真ですが、恐らく亡父の原風景だと思います。
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This calla branch is in the photo in my July 20th post. The purple flowers withered after several days, but this branch is still lively.
By the Milky Way/
Washed/
Long surviving elephant/
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このカラーの枝は、7月20日の投稿内の画像にあるものです。紫色のお花は何日か経つと萎んでしまいましたが、この枝はいまだに元気です。
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Every person drags distant days, am I not right?
Still dragging/
Distant days/
O late summer/
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誰もが曳きずっていますよね、遠い日を。
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I am afraid it is already too late to send late-summer greeting cards. I wrote these, however, to say hello to those to whom I owe a lot of help but without frequent mail exchanges.
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残暑見舞いにももう遅過ぎる気がしますが、お世話になっているけれども、あまりメールの交換などはしない方々にご挨拶しようと書きました。
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An excellent friend, quite a venture, who traveled around Mongolia and even had ridden on camelback, brought me a bin of honey as a souvenir from the land.
When I saw it, I wondered if it was a kind of fruit jam because the color was dark. Later, I found it had a very rich taste. I learned that the honey was manufactured and sold by a company founded and run by a well-known female Japanese businessperson in that remote area. I have the same name, Tomoko, as she and felt encouraged to work harder at my activities as a calligrapher.
In my dream/
Large quantity of honey/
Spurted/
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モンゴルの各地を巡り、ついには砂漠で駱駝に乗ったり、の大冒険を繰り広げてきた友人から、かの地のお土産に蜂蜜をいただきました。
初めは、ジャムかしら？ と思ったほど色の濃い、見るからに濃厚そうな蜂蜜です。しかも、これはその辺境の地で養蜂業を営み、蜂蜜を製造・販売していて、有名人でもある日本人女性トモコさんの会社の製品だそうです。
私もトモコですし、書家としての活動をもっと頑張っていこうと思います。
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“Late summer” is a seasonal word in haiku society. Even though it is “late,” it still expresses the summer season. No wonder cool, refreshing days seem to be delaying.
Still dragging/
Distant days/
O late summer/
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晩夏は夏の終わりですが、夏は夏なので、夏の季語のようです。だからからか、涼しくて過ごしやすい日々はまだまだ遠そうです。
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These days, we can enjoy eating any kind of vegetable in any season, however, I am sure tomatoes are the delegate of summer vegetables. I love tomatoes. I love their taste, color and forms. I am always tempted to buy some when I see them at supermarkets, regardless of their sizes.
In the fridge/
Going colder/
Are the tomatoes of love/
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今どきは、どんな野菜もどんな季節にでもいただけますが、やはりトマトは夏野菜だと思います。大好きです。お味も色も形も。いろんな大きさのトマトがありますが、スーパーで見つけると必ず買ってしまいます。
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Chinese lantern plants are often offered to the deceased ancestors during the Bon period. They may be more like a symbol of the period, I think.
O Chinese lantern plants/
If missed this time/
Would never meet again/
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Chinese lantern plants are often offered to deceased ancestors during the Bon period. However, I think they may be more of a symbol of the period.
O Chinese lantern plants/
If missed this time/
Would never meet again/
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鬼灯はお盆のお供えというか、お盆を象徴しているもののように思います。
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These white flowers on one branch at a florist caught my attention with their cool, refreshing impression.
Single white bellflower/
Choosing a friend/
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お花屋さんでふと目についたのは一枝の白桔梗です。涼しげな印象なので。
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〜Life following the old calendar 星祭り〜
My calligraphy here is a modern haiku about the Star Festival. I posted it today because, according to the old lunar calendar, today falls on July 7th.
Visible stars/
Invisible stars/
O star festival/
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旧暦では今日が7月7日なので、星祭の現代俳句です。
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