HAIKU NOIR.

 

HAIKU NOIR

Haiku and Senryu, in Irish and English, by Gabriel Rosenstock in response to artwork by various hands. Scots versions by John McDonald (Edinburgh) and Japanese versions by Mariko Sumikura (Kyoto).

(Ed Vebell)

gray ceetie
reid ootrig . ..
the fume o laneliness

 

灰色の町

赤いドレス

寂しい香

 

cathair liath

gúna dearg  . . .

boladh an uaignis

grey city

red dress  . . .

a scent of loneliness

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(Hernán Pacheco Puig)

the pree
o yin
whaes doverin

接吻す

眠りいたれる

女なれど

 

póg

ó dhuine

atá fá shuan

the kiss

of one

who is asleep

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(Geraldine Theurot)

forgaitherin
wi a sheddae . . ..
bitter-sweet coffee

逢引は

ある影のひと

苦く甘い珈琲

 

coinne

le scáil  . . .

caife searbhmhilis

rendezvous

with a shadow  . . .

bitter-sweet coffee

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(Gustave Doré)

a deid cuddie’s
a deid cuddie . . .
naethin mair nor less

死せるラバ

死せるラバなり

それ以上でなく、以下でなく

 

miúil mharbh

is ea miúil mharbh  . . .

sin an méid

 

a dead mule

is a dead mule  . .

nothing more, nothing less

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(Thomas Ott)

the ceetie’s aye wauken . . .
sterns’r droonin
i the syver

 

不眠の街

星は側溝（ガター）に

溺れつつ

 

ní chodlaíonn an chathair riamh  . . .

réaltaí á mbá

sa chlaodach

the city never sleeps  . . .

stars drowning

in the gutter

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(Hermann-Paul)

sterns cum ripe i the heivens . . .
we’ll fecht wi sheddaes
gin we hae tae

星は天に熟れている

影に挑もう

命ならば

 

aibíonn réaltaí san fhirmimint  . . .

raghaimid i ngleic le scáileanna

más gá

stars ripen in the heavens  . . .

we’ll do battle with shadows

if we must

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(Thomas Ott)

are ye thayr?
a tellt ye no tae hing up –

hello, are ye thayr?

聞いてるの？

切らないでと云ったでしょ

もしもし、いるの？

 

bhfuil tú ag éisteacht liom?
ná cuir síos an fón –

heileo, an ann duit?

are you listening to me?

i said don’t hang up –

hello, are you there?

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(Pol Dom)

this auncient warl . . .
aye aye bit
the nicht’s aye green

 

このレトロ

いえいえ夜は

若いまま

 

an domhan ársa seo . ..
sea sea ach tá sé óg fós
san oíche

this ancient world …

yes yes but the night

is still young

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(Victor Delhez)

dinnae leuk back . . .
our stravaigin’ll
nivver end

振り返るな

さまよう我ら

果て知らず

 

ná féach siar  . . .

ní bheidh deireadh go deo

lenár bhfánaíocht

 

don’t look back  …

there’ll never be an end

to our wandering

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(Anna Julie De Graag)

naewhaur on yirth
is’t the samen . . .
fou muin

同じもの

どこにもあらず

フルムーン

 

ní mar a chéile

aon áit ar fud na cruinne í …

gealach lán

nowhere on earth

is it the same  . . .

full moon

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(Albert Abramovitz)

ye arnae alane
thayr’s yin takkin tent . . .
muckle ceetie

一人じゃない

誰か見ている・・・

大都市は

 

ní leat féin atá tú

táthar ag faire ort . . .

cathair mhór

you’re not alone

someone is watching  . . .

big city

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(Victor Delhez)

the space atween twa thochts . . .
aw’ll kythe
in guid tyme

the space between two thoughts . . .

all will be revealed

in good time

 

思いの間

すべて現る

佳き時に

 

an spás idir dhá smaoineamh . . .

nochtfar an uile ní

in am tráth

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(Floris Jespers)

een
winnocks o the sowl . . .
naebodie kens hou monie sowls

目は

心の窓・・・

いくつか知らぬが

 

súile

fuinneoga an anama . . .
líon na n-anamacha ní fios

eyes

windows of the soul . . .

how many souls is not known

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(Frank Benson)

geese skirl
on an on . . .
man’s glaikitness

雁の声

弛むことなく・・・

人おろか

 

éamh na ngéanna
gan stad . . .
baois an duine

geese cry

without let up  . . .

man’s foolishness

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(Frank Benson)

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sliddery sowl . . .
a seelent fusper
i the sprots

逃げる魂

聞こえぬ囁き

葦の間に

 

anam éalaitheach  . . . cogar nár chualathas sa ghiolcach

elusive soul . . .an unheard whisper  in the reeds

(Ian MacCulloch)

thayr sheddaes
gart thaim be thochtfou . . .
twa maukins in a perk

その影が

物思わせて

野の兎

 

dhein a gcuid scáileanna

smaointeach iad  . . .

dhá ghiorria i ngort

their shadows

have made them thoughtful . . .

two hares in a field

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(Frank Benson)

geese’r winnin awa . . .
ere lang thayr screichin’ll
be haurd nae mair

雁が去る

やがて鳴き声

消えいらん

 

géanna ag imeacht  . . .

is gearr nach gcloisfear a nglór

níos mó

geese are leaving  . . .

soon their honking will be heard

no more

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(Carry Ackroyd)
rinnin wi the souch
hoverin wi the souch . . .
a crouse maukin

 

爽風や

風に静止す

山兎

 

running with the breeze

pausing with the breeze . . .

a jaunty hare

 

ag rith leis an ngaoth

ag glacadh sosa léi . . .

giorria meidhreach

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(Frank Benson)

geese fesh it
geese spreid it an aw . . .
the daw!

 

雁の群れ

運び広げる

朝日影

 

na géanna a thugann leo í

géanna atá á leathadh  . . .

an chamhaoir!

geese it is that bring it

geese it is that spread it . . .

the dawn!

(Howard Towll)

whan a wauken
thay’r aye thayr . . .
gannets in a drame

目覚めれば

まだそこにいる

夢みたカツオドリ

 

am dúiseachta

is táid ann i gcónaí  . . .

gainéid i dtaibhreamh

 

on awakening

they’re still there  . . .

gannets in a dream

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(Frank Benson)

the sin’s gane . . .
a brattle o deuks
i the sprots

 

陽は落ちて

鴨のざわつき

葦の間に

 

tá an ghrian imithe  . . .

cleatar lachan

sa ghiolcach

the sun has gone  . . .

a clatter of ducks

in the reeds

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(Peggy Bacon)

doon the sterrs he skooks
lugs prickit . . .
a kent terrorist

こっそりと

耳立て降りる・・・

知られたテロリスト

 

síos an staighre leis

a chluasa ar bior . . .

sceimhlitheoir iomráiteach

down the stairs he slinks

ears pricked  . . .

a known terrorist

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(J.G. Veldheer)

frae yin life tae the neist . . .
the samen drouth
fir the ayebydand

次の世へ

常世を願う

欣求もち

ó shaol go a chéile  . . .

tart na síoraíochta

orainn

from one life to the next  . . .

the same thirst

for eternity

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(Walter J. Phillips)

warl o drames . . .
whit drame dreamit us
intae this warl

夢の世や

どの夢われらに

見せしめむ

 

domhan aislingí  . . .
cén aisling a d’aisling
sa saol seo sinn

world of dreams  . . .

what dream dreamed us

into this world

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(Gertraud B. Reinberger)

whit’s the wye oot
whit’s the wye in . . .
reek frae a cutty-cley

出口とは

入り口とはと

パイプの煙

 

cén bealach amach é

cén bealach isteach . . .

gal ó phíp

what’s the way out

what’s the way in . . .

smoke from a pipe

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(Leon Gilmour)

is’t nou  hus it cum. . . .
gloamin o the goads

今なりや

もう来たりてか

神々の黄昏

anois ab ea bhfuil sé tagtha  . . .

clapshoplas na ndéithe

is it now   has it come . . .

twilight of the gods

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(Edward Borein)

creck o the whup
no lang tae gae nou…
the american drame

ムチの傷

たいしたことなく

アメリカンドリーム

 

lasc fuipe

ní fada uainn anois í . . .

aisling mheiriceá

crack of the whip

not long to go now . . .

the american dream
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(Michael Goro)

wechty hert . . .
heich biggins
aboot tae foonder

重い心・・・

高いビル群

くず折れる

 

croí trom  . . .

foirgnimh arda

ar tí titim

 

heavy heart  . . .

tall buildings

on the point of collapse

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(Norman Ackroyd)

wunter . . .
the bleck-shankit kittie
bydes quait

冬ざれて

黒脚カモメ

みじろぎもせず

 

geimhreadh  . . .

níl gíocs
as an saidhbhéar dubhchosach

winter  . . .
the black-legged kittiwake

remains silent

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(Martin Lewis)

 

unnergrun warl
danderin in an oot
. . .an in agane

 

裏社会

入ったり出たり

・・・また入ったり

 

domhan faoi thalamh

ar fán ann isteach is amach

. . . isteach arís

subterranean world

wandering in and out

. . . and in again

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(Martin Lewis)

fuitstaps i the derk . . .
the snowk o baurley-bree
frae a shebeen

闇に靴音

ウィスキーの匂い

酒場（もぐり）から

 

coiscéimeanna sa dorchadas . . .

boladh fuisce

ó shíbín

footsteps in the dark  . . .

the smell of whiskey

from a speakeasy

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(Felix Vallotton)

bodach . . .
the bygane croodin in on’m
as gin it wur real

老翁や

過去が寄せくる

妄想が

seanfhear . . .

laethanta fadó ag plódú isteach air

faoi mar b’fhíor iad

old man  . . .

the past crowding in on him

as though it were real

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(E. L. Trouvelet)

witters’ll be gliskit
i the lift . . .
they’ll mean nocht

signs will be seen

in the sky  . . .

they will mean nothing

 

予兆なら

空に現る

あれは無害

 

beidh comharthaí

le feiscint sa spéir  . . .
ní bheidh aon bhrí leo

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(John MacGilchrist)

it cums frae us
frae oor ain braith . . .
uff o weir

われらより

われらの息より

戦争臭の来る

 

uainne a thagann sé

ónár n-anáil féin . . .

bréantas cogaidh

 

from ourselves it comes

from our own breath  . . .

stench of war

http://www.williampcarlfineprints.com/prints/Macgilcrestchaos.jpg

(Edward Weston)

bursten err . . .
an ayebydand hingin on
fir nou

風もなく

さしあたっては

永遠に待つ

 

níl puth as aer  . . .

feitheamh síoraí

leis an am i láthair

breathless air  . . .

an eternal waiting

for now

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