They call to mind…

Boyi-The_Fragrant_Red_Cherry 2

さまざまの事思ひ出す桜かな
sama zama no koto omoidasu sakura kana

(1688 )

How many, many things
They call to mind
These cherry-blossoms!

régi emlékek
özönét szakajtja rám
cseresznyevirág

haiku: Matsuo Basho /松尾芭蕉/
image: Hao Boyi – The Fragrant Red Cherry

Goldfish in a bottle

toyota hokkei gold fish in bottle2

木のもとに汁も膾も桜かな
ki no moto ni shiru mo namasu mo sakura kana
(1690)

Falombok alatt
halra, levesre hull a
cseresznyevirág.
/Tandori D./

Beneath a tree:
clear soup, pickled fish,
and cherry blossoms too!

haiku:  Matsuo Bashō / 松尾芭蕉
image: Totoya Hokkei / 魚屋北渓/ – Goldfish in a Glass Bottle

gabicho

kitao masayoshi Bunting (Gabichô) and Cherry Blossomsi1790

なければないでさくら咲きさくら散る
nakereba nai de sakura saki sakura chiru

Even if I have nothing-
The cherry blossoms,
Bloom and fall.

(Tr. by Hisashi Miura and James Green)

haiku: Taneda Santōka / 種田 山頭火
image: Kitao Masayoshi (北尾 政美) / Kuwagata Keisai (鍬形蕙斎)/ – Bunting (Gabicho) and Cherry Blossoms , 1790

haru ni

kasamatshu shiro cherryblossoms

春にはと思う心に早い桜
haru ni wa to omou kokoro ni hayai sakura

spring is I think
early cherry blossoms
in the heart

Jöhetne a tavasz, szívemben már virágzik a cseresznye

haiku: Sumitaku Kenshin /住宅顕信/ (1961-1987)
image: Kasamatsu Shiro /笠松/ (1898-1991) – Cherry Blossoms at Heian Jingu Shrine

cherry

 

Tsutsui_Toshimine-Beneath_the_flowering_cherry

咲き満ちてこぼるゝ花もなかりけり (1926)

saki michite koboruru hana mo nakari-keri

the cherry tree
stands in fullest bloom
not a single petal falling


a cseresznyefák
virága mind kifeslett
de szirma nem hull

haiku: Takahama Kyoshi (高浜 虚子)

image: Tsutsui, Toshimine (1863-1934) – 筒井年峰 – Beneath the flowering cherry – 花の下, 1908

Fallen petal

kaburagi kiyokata flower wind

 

手にうけて開け見て落花なかりけり

teni ukete hirake mite rakka nakarikeri

I caught a petal fallen from cherry tree in my hand.
Opening the fist
I find nothing there.

összemarkoltam
egy eső cseresznyeszirmot
üres a kezem

haiku: Takahama Kyoshi (高浜虚子)

image: Kiyokata Kaburagi (鏑木 清方) – Flower wind