Kawahigashi Hekigoto's haiku poems
Kawahigashi Hekigoto (1873-1937) learned haiku from Masaoka Shiki with Takahama Kyoshi. Though Kyoshi respected traditional haiku, he pursued the new way and reached a free-verse haiku.
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<Japanese>
蝶の触れ 行く礎沓に 匂ふ草
Cho no fure/ Yuku soto ni/ Niou kusa
<English>
The butterfly touches
and go around the base stone
And the glass give off the smell.
<Japanese>
ひたひたと 春の潮打つ 鳥居哉
Hita hita to/ Haru no shio utsu/ Torii kana
<English>
The splash-splash,
The spring sea water dash against
The shrine torii gate.
<Japanese>
春風の 吹いて居るなり 飴細工
Haru-kaze no/ Fuite iru nari/ Ame-zaiku
<English>
The spring breeze
Is blowing.
Amezaiku
amezaiku:A candy fashioned in human and animal forms
<Japanese>
初雷や ふるふが如き 雛の壇
Hatsu-rai ya/ Furuu ga gotoki/ Hina no dan
<English>
The first thunder
Is likely to shake
The tiered doll stand.
*What is Hina dolls for Japanese Girls Festival (Hinamiatsuri)?
<Japanese>
明き星 傾く空や 時鳥
Aakaki hoshi/ Katamuku sora ya/ Hototogisu
<English>
The bright stars
delcine in the sky,
A little cuckoo.
<Japanese>
浅茅生や 小路の中に 女郎花
Asazio ya/ Koji no naka ni/ Ominaeshi
<English>
The ground with cogon grass.
In the alley,
The golden lace.
<Japanese>
鹿啼いて 麓は奈良の ともし哉
Shika naite/ Fumoto ha Nara no/ Tomoshi kana
<English>
A deer cry.
The base of Nara
Has the lights.
<Japanese>
から松は 淋しき木なり 赤蜻蛉
Karamatsu ha/ Sabishiki ki nari/ Akatonbo
<English>
A larch is
A really sad wood.
A red dragonfly.
<Japanese>
渡り鳥 安積颪に しばしばす
Watari-dori/ Asaka oroshi ni/ Sibashiba su
<English>
The migratory birds
Make the wind blowing down to Asaka
From mountains frequently.
*Asaka: Asaka cho, Koriyama-shi, Fukushima Province.
<Japanese>
淡雪や 氷跡なき 湖の上
Awayuki ya/ Koori ato naki/ Mizu no ue
<English>
The light snow.
The ice without any trace
On the lake.
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