Every person drags distant days, am I not right?
Still dragging/
Distant days/
O late summer/
Calligraphy and translation by Chio
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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/
Calligraphy and translation by Chio
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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/
Calligraphy and translation by Chio
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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/
Calligraphy and translation by Chio
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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/
Calligraphy and translation by Chio
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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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Because of this extreme heat, I had some shaved ice for the first time in years, and I remembered my old piece, which I have always loved.
If forgetting should be people’s gentleness, I may not be very gentle.
Gentleness called “to forget”/
O shaved ice/
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あまりに暑くて、久しぶりにかき氷を食べたら、自分の旧作を思い出しました。本人がとても気に入ってまして。
忘れることが優しさだったら、私はあまり優しくないのかもしれないのです。
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Sunflowers really suit well to the summer season. This small one isn’t like the ones planted outdoors, though.
Remembrance/
Resides on the face and back/
Of a sunflower/
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やはり夏には向日葵です。どこかのお庭に植えられている大きなお花のようではありませんが。
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