10 English haiku

hajimemashite
says the young mother
to her newborn baby

はじめまして
若い母親が言う
彼女の生まれたばかりの赤ちゃんに         

Note:
“hajimemashite” is a Japanese phrase, whose meaning is “How do you do?”

choosing mate
a bird sings love songs
Valentine’s Day

連れを選ぶため
鳥が愛の歌を歌う
バレンタイン・デー
  
misty sea
a sail floats
in the air

霧の海
帆が浮かぶ
空中に
 
enough hydrogen -
enjoying sun’s warmth
5 billion more years  

十分な水素
太陽の暖かさを楽しむ
もう50億年 

space walking
holding fast to each other
she and me 

宇宙散歩
お互いにしっかりと抱きしめる
彼女と私

keeping reading
books and eye-drops
side by side

読み続ける
本、そして目薬
並んで
 
hatsumode
my mother dressed in
a new kimono         

(first published by Asahi Shimbun)

初詣
母が着飾る
新しい着物

Note:
“hatsumode” is a Japanese word, whose meaning is “A visit to a shrine on New Year’s Day.”
 
vaccination site
sunray breaks through
the rifted clouds
       
(first published by World Haiku Review)

予防接種サイト
日差しが現れる
雲の切れ目から
 
dark night
seeing something
much further away      (first published by Haiku…