my home

Issa 一茶

我宿は蚤捨薮のとなり哉

waga yado wa nomi sute yabu no tonari kana

David's English

my home-- 

next door to a thicket 

of fleas

by Issa, 1821

Literally, Issa's house is next door to a thicket where 

others (people? animals?) have discarded their fleas.

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sakuo haiga

itching

my woman's body

Masajyo 真砂女

女体冷ゆ仕入れし魚のそれよりも
nyotai hiyu shiireshi uo no sore yorimo

Lee and Emiko's English

my woman's body
colder than the fish
I keep on hand

Seasonal word:cold ( autumn)

sakuo haiga

my wrinckle

Issa 一茶

梅干と皺くらべせんはつ時雨
umeboshi to shiwa kurabesen hatsu shigure

David's English

comparing my wrinkles
with the pickled plums...
first winter rain

by Issa, 1806

"Pickled plum" (umeboshi) is an idiom denoting an old wrinkled woman. 

It is possible, then, that Issa is saying: comparing my wrinkles to the old woman's...

 first winter rain
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sakuo haiga

crickets

Masajyo 真砂女

こほろぎやある夜冷たき男の手

kohorogi ya aru ya tsumetaki otoko no te

Lee and Emiko's English

crickets---

the man's hands

cold on that night

Seasonal word:cricket ( autumn)

sakuo haiga

little chestnuts

Issa 一茶

芝栗や馬のばりしてうつくしき

shibaguri ya uma no bari shite utsukushiki

David's English

little chestnuts 

pissed on by the horse... 

shiny new

by Issa, 1806 : http://cat.xula.edu/issa/

sakuo haiga

woman's autumn

Masajyo　真砂女

女の秋髪染めあげてうらがなし
on’na no aki kami someagete uraganashi

Lee and Emiko’s English

woman’s autumn---
as I finish dying my hair
heartache seeps in

First it was every months that I dyed my hair, now it is every month,
And with in a few days, I find some gray parts coming out near temples…

Seasonal word: autumn

sakuo haiga

field crow

Issa 一茶

野烏に藪を任せて鳴雲雀
no-garasu ni yabu wo makasete naku hibari

David’s English

entrusting the thicket
to the field crow...
the lark sings

by Issa, 1806　 http://cat.xula.edu/issa/

sakuo haiga

I am a poet.
brother is a peasant.

evening glow

Masajyo 真砂女

夕焼や若し夫在らば厨妻

yuyake ya moshi tsuma areba kuriyazuma

Lee and Emiko's English

evening glow---

I would be in the kitchen

for my husband

Seasonal word: evening glow ( summer)

sakuo haiga

nightingale

Issa 一茶

鶯も老をうつるなおれが家

uguisu mo oi wo utsuru na ore ga ie

David's English

nightingale-- 

don't catch old age! 

my house

by Issa, 1820

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sakuo haiga

stolen a man

Masajyo 真砂女

人は盗めどものは盗まず簾巻く

hito wa nusumedo mono wa nusumazu sudare muku

Lee and Emiko's English

I have stolen a man 

but never a thing of value

I roll up the bamboo blind

Seasonal word: bamboo blind ( summer)

sakuo haiga

on the ground

Issa 一茶

土べたにべたりべたりと夕涼
tsuchi beta ni betari-betari yu^suzumi

David's　English

on the ground
we stick and sit...
evening cool

by Issa, 1815

sakuo haiga
After sunset, in summer night , hot air still remain, but ground got cold.

sobbing alone

Masajyo　真砂女

 

ある夜ひとり泣いて額まで夏布団

aru yo hitori naite nuka made natsubuton

 

Lee and Emiko’s English

 

that night sobbing alone---

up to my forehead

in the summer sheets

 

Seasonal word: summer bedclothes ( summer)

 

sakuo haiga