cricket

Masajo 真砂女1961 Age 55

こほろぎや眼を見はれども闇は闇

ko-rogi ya me wo miharedomo yami ha yami

Lee & Emiko’s English

crickets---

my eyes wide open to darkness

nothing but darkness

Seasonal word: cricket(autumn)

Note: Masajo is looking for her lover who might come to visit in the dark. But she sees only the darkness.

sakuo renga

cuckoo

Issa, 1822 age 60

木の門や朝から晩迄かん子鳥

ki no kado ya asa kara ban made kankodori

David’s English

tree at the gate--
morning to evening
a mountain cuckoo

http://cat.xula.edu/issa/

sakuo renga

Till the time,

Issa has lost three young babies

autumn wind

Masajo 真砂女1961 Age 55

秋風や知らぬ顔して行きし人

akikaze ya shiranu kao shite yukishi hito

Lee & Emiko’s English

autumn wind---

he pretends not to see me

as he passes

Seasonal word: autumn wind(autumn)

sakuo renga

cooling

Issa, 一茶 1816 age 54

立涼寝涼さても涼しさや
tachi suzumi ne suzumi sate mo suzushisa ya


David translation

cooling off standing
cooling lying down...
well, it's cool!

http://cat.xula.edu/issa/

sakuo renga

soreni tsuketemo hiru no atusa yo
それにつけても 昼の暑さよ

that reminds me of
the daytime heat

a glass of beer

Masajo 真砂女1961 Age 55

ビールくむ抱かるゝことのなき人と

bi-ru kumu dakareru koto no naki hito to

Lee & Emiko’s English

a glass of beer---

I serve it to a man

I will never love

Seasonal word: beer(summer)

sakuo renga

buck's horn

Issa 一茶 1822 age 60

tied to the young
buck's horn...
a letter

saoshika no tsuno ni musubishi tegami kana
.さをしかの角に結びし手紙哉

An interesting form of mail delivery! Perhaps the deer in question is a tame animal on the grounds of a temple.
http://cat.xula.edu/issa/
By Dr. David.

sakuo renga

violet

Masajo 真砂女 1961 age 55

すみれ野に罪あるごく来て二人
sumireno ni tsumi aru gotoku kite futari

Lee & Emiko’s English

field of violets---
like those fallen from grace
like the two of us

Seasonal word: violet ( spring )

sakuo renga