Bin's Haiku Works

Translated by Ai Wada, Kiyoko Aoyama, Bin Akio

haidasite miseyou dewanaika aofukube

The green gourd -
I will creep
out of there

iki isogu mono ari kiri no kanransya

Riding on a foggy Ferris wheel,
a person hurries up his life

ookata no miti wa aruita katatumuri

He has walked on
most of the road -
the snail		 Haiga by
Dr.Angelee Deodhar

dedokoro wo sagureba waraidasu izumi

 The spring begins to laugh
 when its source groped

kouhou no biru ga utumuku hana ayame

The building
backward hanging down -
irises blooming

mirareneba fukai no yami ni yamabousi

 If not seen,
 in the darkness of a deep well
 a mountain-bonze blossomes

tikara naki mono yori uite haru no kumo

 What has no power
 first floating
 the spring clouds

sitaaru no oto ga kemuri ni haru no yoi

The sound of sitar
turning into smoke
in the spring evening

moroi ki wa nai souten ni abu modoru

No fragile trees
horseflies coming back
in the blue sky

nattoku wa itumo okurete torikumo ni

 Agreement always late
 the geese departing
 in a cloudy sky

natufuku ni site ano yo kara kono yo kara

Wearing summer clothes
from this world
and the next world

ningen wo miwatasu tou ni aru yokan
The tower looking out
for human beings
has the lingering cold
syungetu no hyoumenseki ni aru yudan

In the surface area
of a spring moon
is carelessness
sousou no haruno ni konga touzakaru

To the spring field
of funeral
conga going away
kagerou ni fureru yubi kara kagerou ni

The finger touching
the heat haze
is simmering with the heat
syuppeiya kawaite samui yanegawara

Dispatching troops -
the roofing tiles dry
and cold
toumei na uwasa tadayou fuyu no mati

The transparent rumor
drifting about
in the winter town
hahei toya kabeni mamorareteite kusyami

The report of sending troops [
guarded by the wall
and then sneezing
kangetu wo kujira ga yondeiru aosa

whales calling
a cold moon
in the blue
kanrin no nanika wo matteiru kamoku

Midwinter forests
waiting for something
tacitly
karesusuki kitto me wo tumutteiru

The withered silver grass
surely closing
its eyes
nigekiru kiri honryuu ikura isoidemo

Fog succeeds in escaping,
the torrent hurrying
at best
sandome no kiteki ga kiri ni natteiru

The third time whistle
turned to fog
aki no hi ya kotoba nigiwau kami no mori

Autumn sunshine -
God forest
crowded with lunguages
boukyou ya sanma wa aoki suiheisen

Homesickness -
the sauries is
 the blue horizon
banshuu no bioro wa sarani okuregimi

Late autumn -
the viola played
a little more late
ningen no kuzu kamo sirezu nagarebosi

The shooting star
may be the scum
of a humanbeing
mikazuki no asita no omosa wo kangaeru

Horned moon -
thinking about the heaviness
of tomorrow

maiagaru kaoku no jikan iwasigumo

The time of the house
flys up into the air -
cirrocumuli floating

habataku ni tarinu dennryoku natu no kumo

Electric power
not enough to play an active role -
summer clouds floating

hakoniwa ni kazoku setunaku mukaiau

In the miniture-like garden
the family facing each other
tryingly

amenbou kowasu tikara ga kaketeiru
The water strider
lacking in breaking power
hanashoubu itumo kakureteiru watasi

The irises blooming -
 I'm always hiding

haruarasi anata wo tunagu himo ga nai
Spring storm -
 no string
 connecting you

katahimo no ayauku miesi oborozuki
The shoulder string
looking risky -
 the hazy moon hunging

haru no yo no nuno kara umarederu shuuti
Spring night |
 from the cloth
 shyness appears

daikanya karademo omoi kandenti
The coldest season|
 even though empty
 the dry cell heavy

sikujitte bakari no tikyuu fuyuakane
The earth always making mistakes |
 a winter red sky

tokumei no ki ni nozokareteiru takibi

The bonfire
being peeped
by an anonymous tree

natukawa ni rouningyou no kao ga aru
On the summer river
 are the faces
 of wax figures

hoturetaru titi no nikki ya natu no hate
Father's diary
got frayed [
the end of summer

tori kaeru hiroba no shoujo wa ai wo utai
Birds departing |
 the girl in the square
 singing a love song

shunchuu ya oturi wo nayamu hanbaiki
Spring daytime |
 the vending machine
 worrying the change

jinin no uwasa hibari wa kumo ni ayaturare
The gossip of his resignation |
 the skylark manipulated
 by the cloud

shishunki no chou mata modoru mata susumu
Adolescent butterflies
 flying to and for,
 back and forth

snnrinsha haru no shippo ni oisugaru
The tricycle
 chasing after
 the tail of spring

yamazakura usi yawarakaku furikaeru
Wild cherry blossoms-
 the cow looking back
 gentry

uso hitotu kinou to tigau hiina no me
One single lie |
 the eyes of the dolls
 different from yesterday's

kaigenrei no sirase shuumatu ni kaeru kari
The news of martial law |
 the wild geese coming back
 on the weekend

ryoushou ya kasuretekitaru kawabyousi
Spring wind a bit chilly |
 the leather cover
 got ragged

hangaa no katahiji hatteiru nigatu
The hangers
 trying to look big
 in February

haru ni futari koi kuri-mu no uzumaite
A couple in spring |
 thick cream in coffee
 whirling round

nami no senbou sakyuu ni haru no yuki tumoru
The waves filled with envy,
 spring snows lies
 on the sand hill

haru samusi ningen|girai no jidoudoa
Still cold in spring |
 the automatic door
 dislikes human beings

koko yori wa aratama no yami kisha hasiru
From here
the train runs
into New Year's darkness

konayuki wo matoi konoyo wo sutesi buna
Putting on powdery snow,
the beeches abandoned
this world

tonneru e kisha ga chijindeyuku sigure
Into the tunnel
the train shrinking
in the shivering rain

shampuu no muki ga barabara juunigatu
The shampoos looking
toward different directions
in December

namioto ya nare ni ryuusei ware ni suna
The sound of waves |
shooting stars for you
sandbank for me

misaki kara hajimaru sengo akitubame
The postwar began
from this point of land |
autumn swallows flying

ikusa wo siranu yagyou no hasami gikotinaku
Not knowing a war ,
the scissors of my night work
are awkward

hosizukiyo chirabatteiru funndo no me
Glittering stars|
the buds of rage
scattering around

nyuusu minagara ringo ni ha muketeiru
Watcning TV news
I turn the edge of the nife
to the apple

ouhetima si wo ukeiresi hito no niwa
Bigloofahs hanging
in the garden of the man
whose death he accepted

akizora e suizokukan wo oyogideru
To autumn sky
feeling like swimming
out of the aquarium

seigogatu karasu wo sisha to site hanasu
Holy May
I send out a crow
as a messenger

haru fukasi ikoku no sou no shu no koromo
Late spring
a forein priest
wearing a vermilion robe

shunmin e katamuite iku bouhuurin
The windbreak
inclined to sleep
in spring

mebuku machi nite itudatu no hibi kaimodosu
At the town in bud
I take back
the deviating days

gogatu kuru kaze no oku made matataite
May comes;
the wind flickering
to the heart of it

seigogatu karasu wo sisha to site hanasu
Holy May
I send out a crow
as a messenger

kaze ukete inochi wo utau hanaikada
Petals on the stream
singing their lives
for the wind

ki to kami to tetsu to haruhi ni tokehajimu

Wood, paper and iron
begin to melt
into spring sunshine

gin no reiru shungetu madeo tooi kaze
Far wind blowing
 over silver rails
 to the spring moon

oborozuki namari no kagi o hibikaseru

A hazy moon -
lead keys are ringing

imo uete buriki no kurashi sutetamou

Planting potatoes
he threw away a tin's life

toshi oboro waga komorinu no materiaru

In a hazy city
my shelter
full of material

daichi itsu tetsuro no hibiki sora ni ari

The land freezing
the sound of an iron road is in the sky

katsute chishio no daika naki jiyu o eshi kuni ariya akikaze huku
No country got freedom
without sacrificing human lives --
autumn windTranslated by Ban'ya NATSUISHI

sugiyama no yuki no danryoku hatsuakari
The snow on a cedar mountain
is elastic
first light of the sunrise

ukauka to non de shimae ri haru no yami

Off my guard
 I have drunken
 a spring darkness

Aoarashi soko de damare ba watashi wa kieru
May storm
 If I get silent
I'll vanish

hiki no me wo ukeireru tame ikite iku
To accept
the toad eyes
I live my life

souseki no utsu ga tadayou kiri no machi

in the fog city
 Soseki's melancholy
floating

Translated by Fay Aoyagi & Jim Kacian

surabu no kaze raten no kaze ni nashi tawawa
a Slavic wind
 a Latin wind
 the branches heavy with pears

Translated by Fay Aoyagi & Jim Kacian

sekibetsu e aoi rousoku moeru aki
autumn ...
for our reluctant departure
blue candles burning

Translated by Fay Aoyagi & Jim Kacian

Tsuki saete hodo wa shinkaigyo no fukuro
Sidewalk lit by a clear moon:
a deep sea fish
swims home

Translated by Ban'ya NATSUISHI & David LANOUE

itosugi ga yureru chuusei no kane ga naru
cypresses sway
medieval bell rings

Translated by Fay Aoyagi & Jim Kacian