Greve - Basho Romaji

A List of the Romaji 

for Basho Verses

in 

Dr. Gabi Greve's Translations

Part 1:

http://betweenwit-wonder.blogspot.com/2014/06/basho-trans-1.html

ajisai ya katabira doki no usu-asagi

aki ki ni keri mimi o tazunete makura no kaze

aki ki ni keri mimi o tazunete makura no kaze

aki no kaze Ise no hakahara nao sugoshi

aki totose kaette Edo o sasu kokyoo

ame no hi ya seken no aki o Sakai choo

ano naka ni maki e kakitashi yado no tsuki

ariake mo misoka ni chikashi mochi no oto

asacha nomu soo shizuka nari kiku no hana

asagao ni ware wa meshi kuu otoko kana

asamutsu ya tsukimi no tabi no ake-banare

asatsuyu ya nadete suzushiki uri no tsuchi

asayosa o taga Matsushima zo katagokoro

asu wa chimaki Naniwa no kareha yume nare ya

awa hie ni toboshiku mo arazu kusa no io (an)

     (or)

-   awa hie ni mazushiku mo nashi kusa no an

ayamegusa ashi ni musuban waraji no o

ayu no ko no shirauo okuru wakare kana

bashoo uete mazu nikumu ogi no futaba kana

bashooha o hashira ni kaken io no tsuki

byoogan no yosamu ni ochite tabine kana

chi ni taore ne ni yori hana no wakare kana

chichi haha no shikiri ni koishi kiji no koe

choo mo kite su o suu kiku no namasu kana

Chooshoo no haka mo meguru ka hachitakaki

fuji no mi wa haikai ni sen hana no ato

Fuji no yama nomi ga chausu no ooi kana / cha-usu

Fuji no yuki Rosei ga yume o tsukasetari

furazu tomo take uu hi wa mino to kasa

furusato ya hozo no o ni naku toshi no kure

fuyu shiranu yado ya momi suru oto arare

ha ni somuku tsubaki no hana ya yosogokoro

hamaguri no futami ni wakare yuku aki zo

hana ayame ichiya ni kareshi Motome kana

hana ni ukiyo waga sake shiroku meshi kuroshi

hana ni yoeri haori kite katana sasu onna

hana no kumo kane wa Ueno ka Asakusa ka

haru mo yaya keshiki totonou tsuki to ume

hatsu yuki ya saiwai an ni makariaru

higashi nishi aware sa hitotsu aki no kaze

hito shigure tsubute ya futte Koishikawa

hito-koe no e ni yokotau ya hototogisu

ie wa mina tsue ni shiragami no hakamairi

ikameshiki oto ya arare no hinoki-gasa

iku shimo ni kokoro Baseo no matsukazari

imo arau onna Saigyoo naraba uta yoman

inasuzume cha no kibatake ya nigedokoro

inochi koso imo dane yo mata kyoo no tsuki

irozuku ya toofu ni ochite usumomiji

iwa tsutsuji somuru namida ya hototogisu

iza saraba yukimi ni korobu tokoro made

ka o nokosu ranchoo ran no yadori kana

kachi naraba Tsuetsuki-zaka o rakuba kana

kagemachi ya kiku no ka no suru toofugushi

kaki yori wa nori o ba oi no uri mo sede

kakitsubata kataru mo tabi no hitotsu kana

kakurega ya tsuki to kiku to ni ta san tan

Kamakura o ikite ideken hatsu-gatsuo

kami haete yoogan aoshi satsuki ame

kamigaki ya omoi mo kakezu Nehanzoo

kanashiman ya Bokushi seriyaki o mite mo nao

kao ni ninu hokku mo ideyo hatsu zakura

karakasa ni oshiwake mitaru yanagi kana

kari kiki ni miyako no aki ni omomukan

Kasa-dera ya moranu iwaya mo haru no ame

kashi no ki no hana ni kamawanu sugata kana

kitsutsuki mo io wa yaburazu natsu kodachi

Kiyotaki no mizu kumasete ya tokoroten


Part 2:

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kochira muke ware mo sabishiki aki no kure

kogakurete chatsumi mo kiku ya hototogisu

kono kokoro suiseyo hana ni goki ichigu

kono matsu no mibae seshi yo ya kami no aki

kono yado wa kuina mo shiranu toboso kana

konoha chiru sakura wa karushi hinokigasa

koomori mo ideyo ukiyo no hana ni tori

kuchikiri ni Sakai no niwa zo natsukashiki

Kumasaka ga yukari ya itsu no tama matsuri

kure kurete mochi o kodama no wabine kana

kusa no to ya higurete kureshi kiku no sake

kusamakura makoto no hanami shite mo koyo

kusa no to ya higurete kureshi kiku no sake

kuwa no mi ya hana naki choo no yosute-zake

Kyoo made wa mada nakazora ya yuki no kumo

Kyoo ni akite kono kogarashi ya fuyuzumai

Kyoo ni te mo Kyoo natsukashi ya hototogisu

machi ishi ya yashikigata yori koma mukae

mata ya tagui Nagara no kawa no ayu namasu

matsutake ya shiranu ko-no-ha no nebaritsuku

meigetsu wa futatsu sugite mo Seta no tsuki

mezurashi ya yama o Dewa no hatsu nasubi

mi ni shimite daikon karashi aki no kaze

miyako idete kami mo tabine no hikazu kana

mizu mukete ato toi tamae doomyooji

mochi o yume ni ori musubu shida no kusamakura

mochi-bana ya kazashi ni saseru yome ga kimi /mochibana

mochiyuki o shira-ito to nasu yanagi kana

momo tose no keshiki o niwa no ochiba kana / momotose

mon ni ireba sotetsu ni ran no nioi kana

mugi no ho o tayori ni tsukamu wakare kana
    (or)

-   mugi no ho o chikara ni tsukamu wakare kana

mugimeshi ni yatsururu koi ka neko no tsuma

Musashino ya issun hodo na shika no koe

Musashino ya sawaru mono naki kimi ga kasa

muzan ya na kabuto no shita no kirigirisu

nadeshiko ni kakaru namida ya kusu no tsuyu

naka naka ni kokoro okashiki shiwasu kana

nami no ma ya kogai ni majiru hagi no chiri

nani kuute ko-ie wa aki no yanagi kana

nani no ki no hana to wa shirazu nioi kana

nao mitashi hana ni ake yuku kami no kao

natsu kakete meigetsu atsuki suzumi kana

natsukusa ga tsuwamano-domo no yume no ato

nattoo kiru oto shibashi mate hachi tataki

ne no hi shi ni miyako e ikan tomo mo gana

Nehan-e ya shiwade awasuru juzu no oto

nippon wa bakuchi no zeni mo sakura kana

nomi shirami uma no bari suru makuramoto

nori jiru no tegiwa mise keri asagi wan

nyuumen no shita takitatsuru yosamu kana

Omeikoo ya abura no yoo na sake go masu

Oo-Hie ya shi no ji o hiite hito kasumi

ooji oya mago no sakae ya kaki mikan

Oomi-gaya ase ya sazanami yoru no toko / Oomigaya

Ootsu e no fude no hajime wa nani botoke

Oranda mo hana ni ki ni keri uma ni kura

osana na ya shiranu okina no maruzukin

ran no ka ya choo no tsubasa ni takimono su

ro no koe nami o utte harawata kooru / yo ya namida

ryuuguu mo kyoo no shioji ya doyoo boshi

Saigyoo no iori mo aran hana no niwa

sakazuki no shita yuku kiku ya kutsuki bon

sakazuki ya yamaji no kiku to kore o hosu

samazama no koto omoidasu sakura kana

samidare ni kakurenu mono ya Seta no hashi

samidare ya ryuutoo aguru Bantaroo

saru o kiku hito sutego ni aki no kaze ika ni


Part 3:

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sasa no tsuyu hakama ni kakeshi shigeri kana

sato furite kaki no ki motanu ie mo nashi

sekizoro no kureba fuuga mo shiwasu kana

seriyaki ya susowa no ta-i no hatsu goori / seri yaki

shibaraku wa taki ni komoru ya ge no hajime

shimo o kite kaze o shikine no sutego kana

shinobu sae karete mochi kau yadori kana

shio ni shite mo iza kotozuten Miyako-dori

shiraga nuku makura no shita ya kirigirisu

shizu no ko ya ine surikakete tsuki o miru

shoshun mazu sake ni ume uru nioi kana

sono katachi miba ya kareki no tsue no take

sookai no nami sake kusashi kyoo no tsuki

sumitsukanu tabi no kokoro ya okigotatsu

Suruga ji ya hana tachibana mo cha no nioi

tabi ni yande yume wa kareno o kakemeguru

tabibito no kokoro ni mo niyo shii no hana

tabine yoshi yado wa shiwasu no yuuzukiyo

tachibana ya itsu no no naka no hototogisu

Tanabata no awanu kokoro ya uchuuten

tera ni nete makoto gao ni naru tsukimi kana

toogan ya tagai ni kawaru kao no nari

tooki yori aware wa tsuka no sumiregusa

tootogaru namida ya somete chiru momiji

tootosa ya yuki furanu hi mo mino to kasa

toshi kurenu kasa kite waraji hakinagara

tsuki hana mo nakute sake nomu hitori kana

tsuki juuyokka koyoi sanjuu ku no warabe

tsuki kage ya shimon shishuu mo tada hitotsu

tsuki ni na o tsutsumi kanete ya imo no kami

tsuki shiroki shiwasu wa Shiro ga nezame kana

tsuta uete take shi go hon no arashi kana

tsuyu itete fude ni kumihosu shimizu kana / hitsu ni

u no hana mo haha naki yado zo susamajiki / unohana

Uchiyama ya tozama shirazu no hana zakari

uma o sae nagamuru yuki no ashita kana

ume koite u no hana ogamu namida kana

ume mare ni hito moto yukashi kora no tachi

ume wakana Mariko no yado no tororo jiru

umi wa harete Hie furinokosu satsuki kana

utsukushiki sono hime uri ya kisaki zane

uzumi-bi mo kiyu ya namida no niyuru oto

wakareba ya kasa te ni sagete natsu-baori

warau beshi naku beshi waga asagao no shibomu toki

ware mo kami no hisoo ya aogu ume no hana

wasuregusa nameshi ni tsuman toshi no kure

wazuraeba mochi o mo kuwazu momo no hana

yadorisen akaza no tsue ni naru hi made

yakuran ni izure no hana o kusamakura

yama mo niwa mo ugokihairuru natsu zashiki

yamabuki no tsuyu na no hana no kakochigao naru ya

yo ga fuuga wa karo toosen no gotoshi

yo no naka wa ine karu koro ka kusa no io

yogi wa omoshi Goten ni yuki o miru aran

yoki ie ya suzume yorokobu sedo no awa

yoote nen nadeshiko sakeru ishi no ue

yorube o itsu hitoha ni mushi no tabine kana

Yoshinaka no nezame no yama ka tsuki kanashi

yotsu goki no sorowanu hanami-gokoro kana

yuki kanashi itsu Daibutsu no kawarabuki

yuki no ashita hitori karazake o kami etari

      (or)

-   yuki no ashita hitori kara zake o kami e tari

yuki o matsu joogo no kao ya inabikari

yuku haru o Oomi no hito to oshimikeru

yuku haru ya tori naki uo no me wa namida

yuku koma no mugi ni nagusamu yadori kana

yuugao ya yoote kao dasu mado no ana

zoori no shiri orite kaeran yama-zakura

zoosui ni biwa kiku noki no arare kana

64 Basho Hokku Translations - A selection of Makoto Ueda's translations

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Basho and His Interpreters: 
Selected Hokku with Commentary

by Makoto Ueda

The following list of sixty-four (64) of the two-hundred-fifty-six (256) hokku translations by Ueda stand out for their emphasis on the verbs or have one or more lines in a verse ending with a verb. They represent 25% of the book’s translated hokku.

*Note that all of the Basho hokku presented in the book use verbs in their normal context. None stretch the meaning for the sake of novelty or added surprise.

pg. 19:

haru / ya / koshi / toshi / ya / yukiken / kotsugonori

spring / ? / came / year / ? /  went  / Second-Last-Day

was it spring that came

or was it the year that went?
the Second Last Day

pg. 21:
tsuki / zo / shirube / bonata / e / irase / tabi / no / yado

moon / ! / guidance / this-way / to / please-enter / travel / ‘s / lodging

the moon will guide you . . .

this way, traveler; please come

into the inn here

pg. 30:
kite / mo / miyo / Jinbe / ga / haori / hanagoromo

come / ! / see / Jinbei / ‘s / robe / flower-garment

come and look!
put on a Jinbei robe

and admire the blossoms

pg. 39:
neko / no/ tsuma / hetsui / no / kuzure / yori / kayoikeri
cat / ‘s / mate / cooking-stove / ‘s / crumble / from / frequent

the lover cat

over a crumbled stove

comes and goes

pg. 42:

ara / nani / tomo / na / ya / kino / wa / sugite / fukutojiru

oh / anything / ! / is-nonexistent / ! / yesterday / as-for / passing / fugu-soup

oh, nothing’s happened to me!
yesterday has passed––

fugu soup

pg. 54:
kumo / nani / to / ne / wo / nani / to/ naku / aki / no / kaze

spider / what / thus / voice / [acc.] / what / thus / chirp / autumn / ‘s / wind

spider––what is it,

what is it you are crying?
autumn wind

pg. 57:
kareeda / ni / karasu / no / tomarikeri / aki / no / kure

bare-branch / on / crow / ‘s / is-perched / autumn / ‘s / evening

on a bare branch

a crow has alighted . . .

autumn nightfall

pg. 65:
yuki / no / ashita / kitori / karazake / wo / kami / etari

snow / ‘s / morning / alone / dried-salmon / [acc.] / chew / can

the morning of snow––

all alone, I chew
dried salmon meat

pg. 71:
basho / uete / mazu / nikumu / ogi/ no / futaba / kana

banana-plant / planting / first / hate / miscanthus / ‘s / seed-lobe / kana

by my new banana plant

the first sign of something I loathe––

a miscanthus bud

pg. 76:
basho / nowaki / shite / tarai / ni / ame / wo / kiku / yo / kana

banana-plant / autumn-gale / doing / tub / in / rain / [acc.] / hear / night

banana plant in the autumn gale––

the sound of rain pattering

in the tub tonight

pg. 81:
asuagao / ni / ware / wa / meshi / ku / otoko / kana

morning-glory / to / I / as-for / meal / eat / man / kana

with morning glories

a man eats breakfast

––that is what I am

pg. 88:
uguisu / wo / tama / ni / nemuru / ka / taoyanagi

warbler / [acc.] / soul / as / sleep / ? / graceful-willow

is that warbler

her soul? there sleeps

a graceful willow

pg. 98:
haru / tatsu / ya / shinnen / furuki / kome / gosho

spring / begin / : / New-Year / old / rice/ five-sho

spring begins––

new year, old rice

ten quarts

pg. 102:
kirishigure / Fuji / wo / minu / hi / zo / omoshiroki

mist-rain / Fuji / [acc.] / not-see / day / ! / interesting

in the misty rain

Mount Fuji is veiled all day––

how intriguing!

pg. 105:
michinobe / no / mukuge / wa / uma / ni / kuwarekeri

roadside / ‘s / rose-mallow / as-for / horse / by / has-been-eaten

by the road

a rose mallow . . . it has been

eaten by my horse!

pg. 120:

kyoku / kogarashi / no / mi / wa / Chikusai / ni / nitaru / kana

comic-verse / wintry-gust / ‘s / self / as-for / Chikuai / to / resemble / kana

in the wintry gust

a wanderer . . . how like Chikusai

I have become!

pg. 123:

umi / kurete / kamo / no / koe / honokani / shiroshi

sea / grow-dark / wild-duck / ‘s / voice / faintly / white

the sea darkens––

a wild duck’s call

faintly white

pg. 129:

Karasaki / no / matsu / wa / hana / yori / oboro / nite

Karasaki / ‘s / pine / as-for / blossom / than / haziness / being

the pine tree
of Karasaki, looking hazier
than the blossoms

pg. 135:

natsugoromo / imada / shirami / wo / tori / tsukusazu
summer-robe / yet / louse / [acc.] / catching / complete-not

my summer robe

there are still some lice

I have not caught

pg. 139:

yoku / mireba / nazuna / hana / saku / kakine/ kana

closely / when-look / shepherd’s-purse / flower / bloom / hedge / kana

looking closely, I see

a shepherd’s purse blooming

under the hedge

pg. 149:

hatsuyuki / ya / suisen / no / ha /no /tawamu / made

first-snow / daffodil / ‘s / leaf / ‘s / bend / till

the first snow

just enough to bend

the daffodil leaves

pg. 156:
haranaka / ya / mono / ni / mo / tsukazu / naku / hibari

mid-field / thing / to / even / not-attach / sing / skylark

above the moor

not attached to anything

a skylark sings

pg. 158:

kami / haete / yogan / aoshi / satsukiame

head-hair / growing / countenance / pale / fifth-month-rain

hair on my head

starts to show, my face has paled––

long seasonal rain

pg. 162:

shizu  no / ko / ya /ine / suri / kakete / tsuki / wo / miru

rustic / ‘s / child / rice / husking / leaving / moon / [acc.] / I see

a peasant’s child

husking the rice, pauses

to look at the moon

pg. 165:

yase / nagara / wari / naki / kiku / no / tsubomi / kana

growing-thin / while / reason / nonexistent / chrysanthemum / ‘s / bud / kana

emaciated

yet somehow the chrysanthemums

begin to bud

pg. 177:

iza / saraba / yukimi / ni / korobu / tokoro / made

now / then / snow-viewing / for / tumble / place / to

now then, let’s go out

to enjoy the snow . . . until

I slip and fall!

pg. 181:

nani / no / ki / no / hana / to / wa / shirazu / nioi / kana

what / ‘s / tree / ‘s / bloom / so / as-for / not-know / smell / kana

from which tree’s bloom

it comes, I do not know––

this fragrance

pg. 189:

hana / no / kage / utai / ni / nitaru / tabine / kana

blossom / ‘s / shade / no / to / resembling / travel-sleep / kana

in the blossom’s shade

as in the no drama

a traveler sleeps

pg. 191:

horohoro / to / yamabuki / chiru / ka / taki / no / oto

horohoru / with / mountain-rose / fall / ! / rapid / ‘s / sound

petal by petal

yellow mountain roses fall––

sound of the rapids

pg. 193:

nao / mitashi / hana / ni / ake / yuku / kami / no / kao

still / wish-to-be / blossom / in / down / go / deity / ‘s / face

all the more I wish to see

in those blossoms at sawn

the face of the god

pg. 199:

hototogisu / kie / yuku / kata / ya / shima / hitotsu

hototogisu / disappearing / go / direction / : / island / one

hototogisu––

where it disappears

a lone island

pg. 204:

tsukigane / mo / hibiku / yo / nari / semi / no / koe

temple-bell / also / sound / like / is / cicada / ‘s / voice

the temple bell too

seems to start ringing––

cicadas’ screech

pg. 205:

omoshirote / yagate / kanashiki / ubane / kana

exciting / presently / sad / cormorant-boat / kana

so exciting

and, after a while, so sad––

cormorant fishing

pg. 217:

uzumibi / mo / kiyu / ya / namida / no / niyuru / oto

banked-fire / even / vanish / : / tear / ‘s / boiling / sound

don’t they quench

even the banked charcoal?
those hissing tears

pg. 235:

ishi / no / ka / ya / natusugusa / akaku / tsuyu / atsushi

stone / ‘s / smell / : / summer-grass / red / dew / hot

the stone’s smell

summer grasses look red,

dewdrops warm

pg. 246:

nomi / shirami / uma / no / shitosuru / makuramoto

flea / louse / horse / ‘s / piddle / near-pillow

fleas, lice––

a horse piddles

near my pillow

pg. 249:

shizukasa / ya / iwa / ni / shimiiru / semi / no / koe

stillness / : / rock / to / permeate / cicada / ‘s / voice

the stillness––

seeping into the rocks

cicadas’ screech

pg. 251:

samidare / wo / atsumete / hayashi / Mogami-gawa

fifth-month-rain / [acc.] / gathering / swift / Mogami-River

gathering the rains

of the wet season, how swiftly flows

the Mogami River!

pg. 269:

tsuki / izuki / kane / wa / shizumeru / umi / no / soko

moon / where / bell / as-for / is-sunken / sea / ‘s / bottom

where is the moon?

the temple bell is sunk

at the bottom of the sea

pg. 272:

fuji / no / mi / wa / haikai / ni / sen / hana / no / ato

wisteria / ‘s / seed ‘ as-for / haikai / to / make / flower / ‘s / subsequence

wisteria beans

will be my haikai,

flowers being gone

pg. 275:

hatsushigure / saru / mo / komino / wo / hoshigenari

first-winter-shower / monkey / also / small-straw-raincoat / [acc.] / look-wanting

first winter shower––

the monkey also seems to want

a small raincoat

pg. 277:

fuyuniwa / ya / tsuki / mo / ito / naru / mushi / no / gin

winter-garden / : / moon / also / thread / being / insect / ‘s / recitation

the winter garden––

thinning to a thread, the moon

and an insect’s singing

pg. 278:

iza / kodomo / hashiri / arikan / tamaarare

now / child / running / will-walk / hail

come, children,

let’s go out and run

in the hail!

pg. 287:

cho / no / ha / no / ikutabi / koyuru / hei / no / yane

butterfly / ‘s / wing / ‘s / how-many times / cross-over / fence / ‘s / roof

butterfly’s wings––

how many times do they flit

over the roofed wall?

pg. 293:

hi / no / michi / ya / aui / katamuku / satsuki-ame

sun / ‘s / road / : / hollyhock / lean / fifth-month-rain

towards the sun’s path

hollyhock flowers turning

in the seasonal rain

pg. 296:

yagate / shinu / keshiki / wa / miezu / semi / no / koe

soon / die / appearance / as-for / not-show / cicada / ‘s / voice

soon they will die––

yet, showing no sign of it,

cicadas screech

pg. 297:

tonbo / ya / toritsuki / kaneshi / kusa / no / ue

dragonfly / : / holding / is-unable / grass / ‘s / upside

a dragonfly

vainly trying to settle

onto a blade of grass

pg. 308:

higoro / nikuki / karasu / mo / yuki / no / ashita / kana

ordinarily / hateful / crow / even / snow / ‘s / morning / kana

always hateful––

those crows, except in this

morning’s snow scene

pg. 309:

yamazato / wa / Manzai / ososhi / ume / no / hana

mountain-village / as-for / Manzai / late / plum / ‘s / blossom

in the mountain village

Manzai dancers are late––

plum blossoms

pg. 314:

hototogisu / otakeyabu / wo / moru / tsukiyo

hototogisu / large-bamboo-grove / [acc.] / seep / moonlit-night

hototogisu––

through a vast bamboo forest

moonlight seeping

pg. 321:

Miidera / no / mon / tataka / baya / kyo / no / tsuki

Mii-Temple / ‘s / gate / knock / wish / today / ‘s / moon

shall we go and knock

on the gate of Mii Temple?

the moon of tonight

pg. 325:

suisen / ya / shiroki / shoji / no / tomoutsuri
daffodil / : / white / shoji / ‘s / mutual-reflection

daffodils,

white paper screens, reflecting

one another’s color

pg. 326:

yuki / wo / matsu / jogo / no / kao / ya / inabikari

snow / [acc.] / await / drinker/ ‘s / face / : / lightning

the faces of those

who love to drink––

a flash of lightening

pg. 333:

uo / tori / no / kokoro / wa / shirazu / toshiwasure

fish / bird / ‘s / heart / as-for / not-know / year-end-party

how fish and birds

feel at heart, I do not know––

the year-end party

pg. 337:

neko / no / koi / yamu / toki / neya / no / oborozuki

cat / ‘s / love / stop / whereupon / bed / ‘s / hazy-moon

cat’s love––

when it is over hazy

moonlight in the bedroom

pg. 341:

aokute / mo / aru / beki / mono / wo / togarashi

green also / is / should / thing / yet / pepper

as green as ever

it should have remained––

the pepper pod

pg. 350:

tsuki / hana / no / gu / ni / hari / taten / kan / no / iri

moon / blossom / ‘s / foolishness / on / needle / will-prick / cold / ‘s / entrance

still the fool

given to the moon and blossoms!

the coldest season starts

pg. 354:

hototogisu / koe / yokotau / ya / mizu / no / ue

hototogisu / voice / lie / : / water / ‘s / topside

hototogisu––

the shriek lies stretched

across the water

pg. 359:

kodomo-ra / yo / hirugao / sakinu / uri / mukan

children / ! / bindweed / have-bloomed / melon / will-peel

children!

bindweed flowers have opened,

I’ll peel a melon

pg. 361:

asagao / ya / kore / mo / mata / waga / tomo / narazu

morning-glory / : / this / also / again / my / friend / is-not

the morning glory––

that, too, now turns out to be

no friend of mine

pg. 381:

mugi / no / ho / wo / chikara / ni / tsukamu / wakare / kana

wheat / ‘s / ear / [acc.] / strength / for / clutch / parting / kana

clutching wheat ears

to support myself, I bid

farewell

pg. 383:

samidare / ya / kaiko / wazurau / kuwa / no / hata

fifth-month-rain / : / silkworm / ail / mulberry / ‘s / field

long seasonal rain––

a silkworm ailing

in the mulberry field

pg. 406:

kono / michi / ya / yuku / hito / nashi / ni / aki / no / kure

this / road / : / go / person / nonexistent / with / autumn / ‘s / evening

on this road

where nobody else travels

autumn nightfall

pg. 408:

shiragiku / no / me / ni / tatete / miru / chiri / mo / nashi

white-shrysanthemum / ‘s / eye / in / catching / see / dust / even / nonexistent

white chrysanthemum

without a speck of dust

the eyes can catch