No BridgeDoes this Autumn trek
And the sun goes down
spring currents
-Yosa Buson, "The Essential Haiku", Robert Hass. Harper Collins; 1994, 109.
Begin with the step onto
Or off of the bridge
橋で
まずの歩みがさいごの歩み
秋の辛い旅を始めてる
Can I use a bridge
To span this great divide, that
Has come between us
この峡谷は
わたしたちの間になる
橋をつけるかな
Which of these crossings
Will carry me onward to
Those bright memories
りっぱな思い出すに
どちら交差点は僕を
連れて行くだろう。
I've found it very difficult to come up with Haiku on the spot, Rattling off Poetry is not one of my strong points. -All the more reason this 'Blog' is so entertaining! So, I've left the first Haiku to Buson, and followed it up with three of my own.
Unwittingly, I've taken loads of photographs of bridges. Partly, I think, because American bridges tend to be so similar to one another....rectangular. So enjoy the tour and see where it takes you.
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Matthew,
ReplyDeleteNice to see the website of an avid photographer and Japanese language enthusiast! I'm impressed there are both English haikus and Japanese translations - my brain would implode from the effort required. I rarely come up with poems on-the-spot, as you say (my notes would testify to that) so whatever method you worked with to come up with the above haikus works very well, I would say!
Hi, 真秀
ReplyDelete俳句はとても難しいけれど、難しいからこそ、味わいがあると思います:)
彼の作品は前から知っていましたが、私はこんなに与謝蕪村（yosa-buson）に興味を持ったことはありません。
中学生や高校生の頃、学校で勉強したけれど、その時は、「眠いなぁ～」と思っていましたｋｋｋ
さぁ、let's translate my Japanese comment:)
and
★☆HAPPY NEW YEAR☆★
綾子
Okay here goes...
ReplyDeleteAyako says,
Heiku are totally difficult! Even though their difficult, these are of my taste!
Even though I learned his Haiku before, I never picked up an interest in them.
In about middle school and high school I studied them at school, but.... Maybe during that time I was a bit sleepy...I think...
Ayako
------Happy New Year!
Thanks for the comments Haikudisaic and Ayako!!! They are greatly Appreciated!
ReplyDeleteMatthew