2020年7月 短歌

July 2020, Tanka

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1.

鈴なりの花びらにほふ桐の花　空にやさしき夢鳥やすむ

paulownia 

full of flowering 

and fragrant…

a dream-bird tender to

air alights on it

• Dream-bird means Phoenix. It is said that Phoenix alights on the paulownia-tree. / 夢鳥は鳳凰を指します。鳳凰は桐の木にとまると言われています。

2.

ペダルふみいづくの在より通ひしか中学生ら通学途上

pedalling their bikes…

how far are the villages

they come from?

junior high students

on the way to school

3.

近隣の5キロ圏内 熊出没とふアラーム三度けふ鳴る

today

here, within 5 km

from me…

the haunting bear alarm

sounded three times

4.

寺くれし鈴の守りつけ朝散歩 熊除け鈴は森に響きて

morning walk–

the bell charm

given by a temple

to avoid bears

resonates in the forest

5.　

混沌(カオス)よりセレンディピｨティーかがよふか山桑は熟れ漆黒むすぶ

is it

serendipity shining out of

chaos?

mulberry ripens

jet black 

＜Five pieces to Nyuto Hot Spring >

※ Nyuto Hot Spring is a famous hot spring’s name, in Lake Tazawa, Sernboku, Akita. It is said to be a hidden paradise in Mt. Nyuto. The photographs are taken at one…