Wednesday, 27 April 2016

花落ち


花落ちて笛吹童子老いにけり


The flowers have withered,

The gods have fallen,
So has been the young man who has so many talents.


花落天人衰,才情不使年岁驻,笛音幽幽来

Explanation:


私を俳句に導いてくれた友人は、趣味の範囲が広くて、俳句の他に、カメラに打ち込んでいる。また、楽器の演奏にも取り組んでいてリコーダーのクラスに通っているとか。
彼は往年かなりの美青年で、いまでもその面影は残るものの老いは隠せません。
多才な美青年も、年には勝てないのでしょうか。

My friend who led me into the world of Haiku has wide interests. Besides Haiku, he is devoted to photo taking. Now he started playing instruments and is going to a recorder class. He was handsome in his youth, and the traces of his past beauty can still be seen, but aging is unrelenting.
Even handsome guy with multiple talents is outmatched by aging. 

带我作俳句的朋友是个兴趣广泛的人。除了俳句,他在摄影方面也颇有造诣。并且,现在他为了学演奏,开始上竖笛课。他当年相当帅,至今也可依稀看出,然而已经老了。多才的美男也对衰老毫无办法呀。



鐘


鐘供養急ぐ女の炎かな

What turns a maiden,
Into a serpent,
Burning her love in the bell zen.

求君化蛇兮,此情如火百万急,俱焚所不惜

Explanation:

美僧に恋をした少女が、逃げる僧を追いかけて大蛇となって
ついには僧を焼き殺すというすさまじい物語。
鐘供養は、晩春に行われる寺院の行事ですが、道成寺の釣り鐘は
美僧がそこに隠れたのを、少女が大蛇となって巻き付き、
口から火を噴いて外から焼き殺したという伝説の釣り鐘。

There was a maiden who fell in an unrequited love to a handsome monk. 
In chasing the escaping monk, she turned into a dragon and burned the monk to death at last.
The bell memorial is referring to an event held in a temple in the late spring.
The bell hang in Dojo Temple is the very bell where the handsome monk hided and got burnt by the fire from the dragon's mouth.

单恋美僧的少女,变成大蛇追逐逃跑的美僧,最后把他烧死了。钟纪念说的是寺庙在晚春举行的法事。道成寺里那一口钟就是当年美僧藏匿其中,被少女化身的大蛇缠住,喷火烧死的那口。

Saturday, 16 April 2016

半蔵門


半蔵門手を振る皇子の桜かな

Under the Hanzo gate’s banner,
A line of Marathon runners,
The prince greets without anger.

驻车宫
门外,笑对断路长跑人,皇子气度在

Explanation:

皇居の半蔵門付近は桜の名所。ちょうど皇太子殿下が、半蔵門に入られるところでした。
皇居の回りはマラソンをする人がたくさんいるので、殿下の車は動けずに停車したまま。
皇太子殿下は車の中からにこやかに手を振っていらっしゃいました。

Near the Hanzo gate, the gate to the royal palace, is a attraction of cherry blossoms.
I was there right at the time when the crown prince was about to enter the Hanzo gate.
There were people running marathon blocking the gate. The crown prince stopped his car and stayed still. He just waved his hand with smiles in his car.

皇宫半藏门附近是樱花的名胜。正好皇太子殿下要从半藏门入宫,而皇宫周边跑马拉松的人挡住了路。殿下就停车,在车里微笑着招手。