diff --git a/diary/2021-01-01.md b/diary/2021-01-01.md index ac111c90..0dafb2fc 100644 --- a/diary/2021-01-01.md +++ b/diary/2021-01-01.md @@ -195,12 +195,54 @@ Spare him a little longer, Crone For his clean hands and love-submissive heart ''' -Haiku by Issa +Haiku by Issa - https://archive.org/details/autumnwindselect0000koba/page/10/mode/2up ''' -Ware to kite asobeya oya no nai suzume which translates to: +Heedless that the dews +mark the passing of our day --- +we bind ourselves to others -Come over with me -and together let's play -Oh, motherless sparrow. +(Mi no ue no tsuyu to mo shirade hodashikeri - p.11 - spring) + +O winds of autumn! +Nearer we draw to the Buddha +As the years advance + +(Akikaze yo hotoke ni chikaki toshi no hodo - p.11 - autumn) + +Floating weeds, +as blow the winds of the floating world --- +drifting and drifting + +(Ukigusa ya ukiyo no kaze no iu mama ni - p.18 - spring) + +A blessing indeed --- +This snow on the bed-quilt, +This, too, is from the pure land + +(Arigata ya fusama no yuki mo Jodo yori - p.46 - winter) + +Is this it, then, +My last resting place --- +Five feet of snow! + +(Kore ga maa tsui no sumika ka yuki goshaku - p.37 - winter) + +On the hill of summer +Stands the slender maiden flower +In a solitary humor + +(Natsuyama ya / Hitori kigen no / Ominaeshi - p.65 - summer) + +Red dragon-fly --- +He's the one that likes the evening, +Or so it seems. + +(Akatombo / Kare mo yubo ga / Suki ja yara - p.65 - autumn) + +Heedless that the tolling bell +Marks our own closing day --- +We take this evening's cool + +(Mi no ue no kane tomo shirade yusuzumi - p.39 - summer) '''