TWO HUNDRED SELECTED HAIKU -
Matsuo Basho Translated by Dr Tim Chilcott 103,104,105
Dear friends,
Glorious Sunday to you. What creative endeavours are you pursuing today? I did some photos on my customary walk and will continue on the lead magnet of my short story set in 1840’s Japan. And it will be enough. May go and see a movie after all the cooking I have to do. I have come to marinate chicken with Tamari sauce and it is delicious. Autumn is deepening now…. As winter sets in the Heart Room is open.
103 [Autumn 1689] hamaguri no / futami ni wakare / yuku aki zo [clam-shell's / Futami for separating / departing autumn!] so, to Futami, Ike a clam ripped from its shell ... autumn's deepening now 104 [Autumn 1689] At a place called Nakamura in Ise Province aki no kaze / ise no hakahara / nao sugoshi [autumn's wind / Ise's graveyard / still-more lonely] the winds of autumn. now a graveyard in Ise is even more bleak 105 [Winter 1689-90] fuyuniwa ya / tsuki mo ito naru / mushi no gin [winter garden! / moon also thread become / insect's song] a winter garden ... thinning to a thread, the moon and an insect's song
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Xanda
It is still autumn in New England, but it was 13 degrees F. (= minus 10.55 C.) when I took my walk this morning. Not surprisingly, #104 appealed to me!