The moon that appears in the daytime looks quite fragile.
Seeing someone off/
Is being left/
O daytime moon/
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お昼間に見える月は、何かしら儚いように思います。
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It still is too warm for November. I hope the weather will be like the water surface in this haiku. I hate the extreme cold, though.
Tense water surface/
Of November/
That reflects your face/
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11月なのに季節外れとも思える暑さが続いています。天候にもこの句の水面のような緊張感があればいいのに。寒すぎるのは嫌ですが。
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Right after I found this kind of flower that is pretty new to me at a florist, I bought it and checked about it at home. Then I found out it was a sort of cockscomb.
Heavy is the shadow of/
A slanting cockscomb/
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お花屋さんでちょっと目新しいお花を見つけて、すぐに買って帰って調べたら、鶏頭の仲間でした。
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The elevator in my dream had one button without a number. Wondering what I would do if the elevator took me to a strange place, I pushed that bottom. I was deeply relieved to find myself on the floor I wanted to reach. And I thought it was like the TV commercial I often see these days.
Transparent elevator/
Travels to the wintery galaxy/
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夢の中で乗ったエレベータには数字のないボタンがあって、変なところに行ったら嫌だなと思いながらもそれを押すと、ちゃんと行きたい階に着きました。TVのコマーシャルみたいですが。
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The tiny, little, lavender-colored boneset flowers don’t bloom altogether at once, but they open little by little. A kind neighbor who has cultivated the plant for a long time presented these branches to me.
Taking a nap means/
Wondering to the unknown world for father/
O boneset/
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藤袴のお花はとても小さくて薄紫色で、一斉に咲かずに少しずつ咲いていきます。ずっと育てておられるご近所さんからいただきました。
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As today falls on September 9th on the old calendar, or the Double Ninth celebration day, whose symbol is the chrysanthemum, I chose a contemporary haiku composed on the flower as a motif for my calligraphy.
No white flower, neither yellow one/
Chrysanthemums are/
Sheer dark/
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今日は旧暦の重陽の節句に当たります。それで、菊花を詠んだ現代俳句を書いてみました。
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In fact, I received these chocolates about six months ago from a faraway country. However, I have hesitated to write about them here because the sender seemed to be in a challenging time in her life, and all the news that came from the area where she lives is just so terrible.
Over the chocolate factory/
Incredible number of flower petals/
Are falling/
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このチョコレートは、実は半年も前に遠い国から送られてきていたのですが、送ってくれた方が個人的にも大変な状況のようでしたし、お住まいの地域から届くニュースも恐ろしいものばかりでしたので、ついこのような場所に書くのが躊躇われてしまっていました。
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Autumn asterisms/
How they twinkle/
In the color of deserts/
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秋の星座を見ますか。この頃は、早く寝てしまうようになって、夜空を見上げることもあまりありません。
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The pungent aroma emitted from the orange osmanthus trees here and there seems to convey something.
As I approach the tree/
The fragrance becomes language/
O, orange osmanthus tree/
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金木犀の強い香りは何かを伝えたがっているようにも思えます。
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This kind of flower attracts my heart because they look gorgeous but at the same time, they seem fragile and fleeting. When I finally began wondering if they were not blooming this year, they began opening here and there quite suddenly altogether. And soon they go withered.
Pulled out one stalk of a spider lily/
From the lonely air/
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華やかそうで、儚そうで、心惹かれるお花です。今年は咲かないのかしらと思っていると、急にあちらこちらで咲き出して、すぐに萎れていきます。
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