#俳句 #haiku #poet:Baijaku #kigo:summer #kigo:cicada ❖ Source: #LafcadioHearn ❖ Please feel welcome to cap the hokku to make a tan'renga, reply in haiku, or use "cicada" as a #dailyhaikuprompt 🖤
![楠も動くやうなり蝉の声 [梅雀]
even the camphor
seems to be shaking,
cicada's song
Baijaku (?) [tr. Dick Whyte]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4jz2t5cbbyik4unkmq2w5omc/bafkreib6cmdaagzr43u7wbaz3r3xbt6b5zwqybvzy7kutmp6vdi2ixmpiq)
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Haikai // Haiku 川 Hokku \\ Hiraku || Translations by Dick Whyte || 俳諧 = haikai = "playful harmony" 俳句 = haiku = "playful verse" Please play! Cap the hokku to make a tan'renga! Riff on the kigo! Reply in haiku, hiraku, tsukeku, wakiku, hanka, et al.
![日盛は煮えたつ蝉の林かな [露英]
midday sun
cicadas simmering . . .
in the woods
Roei (?) [tr. Dick Whyte]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4jz2t5cbbyik4unkmq2w5omc/bafkreidfedyavsbm3xodxbxhltgcefnxxyvkfd77f4qe2pomb4axo67v3m)
![竹に來て雪より重し蝉の声 [桃月]
heavier
than snow on bamboo,
cicada's song
Tōgetsu [tr. Dick Whyte]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4jz2t5cbbyik4unkmq2w5omc/bafkreiajsdqlxf2r4qttdtwnrfi7kc5tm6amlq4q2tk4dm5w7xhjyplhse)
![追はれてもいそがぬふりの蝴蝶かな [我樂]
even chased
it never seems hurried . . .
the butterfly
Gagō (?) [tr. Dick Whyte]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4jz2t5cbbyik4unkmq2w5omc/bafkreiafawzl3ata6tdpknfhzpgov4dlofthqihuwncpbel3cdpltdneke)
![川ばかり暗は流れて螢かな [千代]
the river
only darkness flowing . . .
fireflies
Chiyo (1703-1775) [tr. Dick Whyte]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4jz2t5cbbyik4unkmq2w5omc/bafkreiara5cjqiv3j4hzr5jjesty4r67zc77nulucpounxfpzr75ywe2wu)
![あなかなし鳶にとらるる蝉の声 [嵐雪]
ah how sad
snatched up by a kite,
cicada's cry
Ransetsu (1654-1704) [tr. Dick Whyte]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4jz2t5cbbyik4unkmq2w5omc/bafkreiexnt5afgn2j4qsnsuepoav4tvaq2ksj5jv2hclrhmlpvtjmx77yq)
![釣鐘にとまりて眠る蝴蝶かな [蕪村]
perched asleep
on the temple bell . . .
a butterfly
Buson (1716-1784) [tr. Dick Whyte]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4jz2t5cbbyik4unkmq2w5omc/bafkreihonyyds7x2ybpszuk4aieswhtqxgnhswv3smytgzd3enz4s6atvu)
![追はれては月にかくるゝ螢かな [蓼太]
being chased
it hides in the moon . . .
a firefly
Ryōta (1718-1787) [tr. Dick Whyte]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4jz2t5cbbyik4unkmq2w5omc/bafkreia3kmastq22dqnotgmjc7dazkzbsxojtepag3dbuiomg3mvihsscu)
![煮えて居る水ばかりなり蝉の声 [大無]
the water
just starting to boil,
cicadas sing
Daimu (tr. Dick Whyte)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4jz2t5cbbyik4unkmq2w5omc/bafkreiduwaras26tlbsgdk55yqs6zvlx76n3nibj4kt6xqws5imbyjqtei)
![淋しさの霧へにじむや鴫の声 [太無]
loneliness
spreading through the fog—
sandpiper's cry
Taimu (d. 1774?) [tr. Dick Whyte]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4jz2t5cbbyik4unkmq2w5omc/bafkreiebqwaz7i3r73dhvtyy7bfcvve4ic2hgd3xtpl5jhizg2vyylj6qm)
![あの声で露が命かあぶらぜみ [?]
with that voice
is your life brief as dew?
brown cicada
Anon. [tr. Dick Whyte]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4jz2t5cbbyik4unkmq2w5omc/bafkreih7ml2rgrvgyw3fn4pqi37r54zdc5kulv3bvq64nghqzpld2if55y)
![死にのこれ一つばかりは秋の蝉 [也有]
among the dead
let just one remain,
autumn cicada
Yayū (1702-1783) [tr. Dick Whyte]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4jz2t5cbbyik4unkmq2w5omc/bafkreihx2w3pcybdosd4tyrzaewxntlsvmrnigx7deebcvp26npkzfwc2m)
![隣から此木にくむやせみの声 [其角]
this tree
hated by my neighbor—
cicadas sing
Kikaku (tr. Dick Whyte)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4jz2t5cbbyik4unkmq2w5omc/bafkreifpwuoxgzjgsk4jsttj2lrwwjb4qx4gm6l4ilppv5ynhvekb7mgkm)
![声に皆鳴しまうてや蝉の殻
it cried
till it became all voice—
cicada shell
[Anon] (tr. Dick Whyte)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4jz2t5cbbyik4unkmq2w5omc/bafkreiaick5qa554l2bfqb7j4d7qzstkt7j2hk6s2zymhr7hr255th7a4a)
![山の神の耳の病かせみの声 [貞徳]
what ails
the mountain god's ears?
cicada's voice
(Teitoku) [tr. Dick Whyte]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4jz2t5cbbyik4unkmq2w5omc/bafkreih4uozbwhszi5453hkv75vnaqksmpacg3psfqcdpkpnoaxnkvknwa)
![盗んだる案山子の笠に雨急なり [虚子]
stealing
the scarecrow's hat,
sudden rain
(Kyoshi) [tr. Dick Whyte]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4jz2t5cbbyik4unkmq2w5omc/bafkreialw7jeezoi6thpmissp4jfsqmc5dvk7x4odb7cb7opjckfor3j7q)
![松の木に沁みこむ如し蝉の声 [無名]
as if sinking
into the pine trees,
cicada's voice
(Anon) [tr. Dick Whyte]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4jz2t5cbbyik4unkmq2w5omc/bafkreif7oyrmfqtb3hylbn4klw6aq27a76r7w3jb2z4oz5gdnqfbomlkaa)
![秋行くと告ぐるにや鐘遠くより [無名]
announcing
autumn's departure—
distant bell
(Anon) [tr. Dick Whyte]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4jz2t5cbbyik4unkmq2w5omc/bafkreiek6cjyonid66sjiyvcpnxkrohvh5eeeriufq72ji2pmcbfgjsnru)
![墓にそそぐ水やむかしの月の影
pouring water
upon the gravestone—
old moonlight
(Anon)
[tr. Dick Whyte]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4jz2t5cbbyik4unkmq2w5omc/bafkreibn66bonarwi5dzfyh35shafnvp2nx6eig5cm6b3vkl7gur63i4ju)
![風そよと墓石へ桐の一葉かな [無名]
slight breeze
above the gravestone . . .
paulownia leaf
(Anon)
[tr. Dick Whyte]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4jz2t5cbbyik4unkmq2w5omc/bafkreibblc56gfslh6dp3ag6t6ocmzrowm6urd7iipkoxb2durlb63zoji)
![ふるさとに父母あり虫の声々
my parents in their home village,
insects chirping! chirping!
(Anon) [tr. Dick Whyte]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4jz2t5cbbyik4unkmq2w5omc/bafkreiexrsqvwp4ziqyru6ijzgplvbrxchl4o3ne4uxqntecfc5aegokli)
![大空ヘ何か言ひ出す蛙かな [無名]
big sky
first to say something . . .
the frog
[Anonymous]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4jz2t5cbbyik4unkmq2w5omc/bafkreifw2pyr5npb7jzlyaacb6minfnzwsmcv2xxru2fvujt3w4pvffil4)
![田の蛙水が鳴くかと思ひけり [一笠庵]
ricefield frogs
“is it the water singing?”
i wondered
[Ichikasaan?]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4jz2t5cbbyik4unkmq2w5omc/bafkreicymwo24i5a4pggz6p3522qb6j5if54sefnrcbdjxbasouh47wswy)
![花散るや蛙のこゑの香に匂ふ [無名]
blossoms scatter—
scent of the frog's voice
perfumed
[Anon]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4jz2t5cbbyik4unkmq2w5omc/bafkreidmfcdfwzuzav5vgdiikxgqg42a24sl4jkrorfh5gyfwzlb36voby)
![虫よ虫鳴いて因果が尽きるなら [川井乙州]
insect! insect!
crying as if it is possible
to exhaust fate
[Otokuni]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4jz2t5cbbyik4unkmq2w5omc/bafkreictwavxna7b6edc2dmd6c6flnegw3jej7xn72tocvyffjnleni64a)
![来てみればさほどまでなし富士の山 [無名]
came to see
it's not up to much,
Mount Fuji
[unknown]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4jz2t5cbbyik4unkmq2w5omc/bafkreieokloxfdxvbhqkejpdpkry3dbsnhuefjskb66r45ezmvu6vilwdi)
![田から田へ聲の續くや鳴く蛙 [無名]
endless singing
from ricefield to ricefield—
the cries of frogs
[unknown]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4jz2t5cbbyik4unkmq2w5omc/bafkreicwgbbp2ta3frxvitlgjg4sh6fhwsznwhire6q7pyepj6lpkamzdm)
![船さへも留める堀江の蛙かな [無名]
even the boat
stopped in place . . .
canal frogs
[unknown]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4jz2t5cbbyik4unkmq2w5omc/bafkreihrl7n25mm5hjked2mm3ltbfhlmtclwd77jjt6wc5epcdklmzywve)
![山吹のうつる沼水なくかはづ
mountain roses
reflected in the marsh water,
frogs singing
[unknown]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4jz2t5cbbyik4unkmq2w5omc/bafkreihfqpn7rupsu3ec7hjuq5uz66oztez6lbhrgcdqqr7sgotzzmblfm)
![畦道やかはづ飛びこむ右左 [鳴雪]
ricefield path—
frogs jumping away
right & left
[Meisetsu]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4jz2t5cbbyik4unkmq2w5omc/bafkreifdr3trmdwuc4ebpet5rk3ls5wuyuilme43jg5k4gdgy2n3rh2vuq)
![古井戶の星かき亂す蛙かな [鳴雪]
old well
disturbing the starlight . . .
a frog
[Meisetsu]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4jz2t5cbbyik4unkmq2w5omc/bafkreibg3gvnvsjcib35f3lynkepizqjdqlagdzykuo4azwneic7f36jaq)
![降る雨の音より低し初蛙 [祥平]
fainter than
the sound of falling rain,
first frogs
[Shōhei]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4jz2t5cbbyik4unkmq2w5omc/bafkreicdd5pdr2bjb4zmseyq6d76fg7vei6dl2l3cvzzk4jgt27qxev64e)
![元日や晴れてすずめのものがたり [嵐雪]
new year's day--
about the sky clearing
sparrows gossip
(Ransetsu)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4jz2t5cbbyik4unkmq2w5omc/bafkreihzkat3qpck4s2mf5qvbph35m2ysf4w27x2b2k6qegd4wntrinrga)
![落花枝にかへると見れば胡蝶哉 [守武]
fallen blossoms
return to the branch, look . . .
butterflies!
(Moritake)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4jz2t5cbbyik4unkmq2w5omc/bafkreid2bp6s4sahm6bll5tvzdbxhu6kiqyyk7uhga6i42nnby76frgq5q)
![落花枝にかへると見れば胡蝶哉 [守武]
as if a blossom
returned to the branch . . .
a butterfly!
(Moritake)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4jz2t5cbbyik4unkmq2w5omc/bafkreihb4dxs7tmazhjkl4yy7gfrkamtvwsurhx4asnsroso5ltht4mq2e)
![井寺の門敲かばや今日の月 [芭蕉]
let's go knock
on the gates of Mii temple—
tonight's moon
(Bashō)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4jz2t5cbbyik4unkmq2w5omc/bafkreihz3r6lbuyqqyetei47wyit2pfpgurnmv5qsdk3w54v2obefqpyd4)
![やがて死ぬけしきは見えず蝉の声 [芭蕉]
no clue
they're already dying,
cicadas chirp
(Bashō)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4jz2t5cbbyik4unkmq2w5omc/bafkreibyjl6lgm4lz2xujrbjdwgd2j4besxxkhkqenghpydhwrkt2d46i4)
![やがて死ぬけしきは見えず蝉の声 [芭蕉]
soon to die
but showing no sign of it,
cicada's cry
(Bashō)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4jz2t5cbbyik4unkmq2w5omc/bafkreif66npvyympxl47ksgrhiu2n7cxvmacnq34ouc5aqy4dwuehcakcq)
![草臥れて宿借るころや藤の花 [芭蕉]
worn out
time to find an inn—
wisterias
(Bashō)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4jz2t5cbbyik4unkmq2w5omc/bafkreictf6b24btt52o2a5nakf5vmjnzwp5nw7v7hy27xmd7aksthw72ty)
![かれ朶に烏のとまりけり秋の暮 [芭蕉]
on a dead branch
the crow has perched,
autumn dusk
(Bashō)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4jz2t5cbbyik4unkmq2w5omc/bafkreic6og2fzclyzoh7o3dm4zko5jrrfqwgpdsg4tnmz7c3gsludncrye)
![かれ朶に烏のとまりけり秋の暮 [芭蕉]
crows alight
on a withered branch,
autumn sunset
(Bashō)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4jz2t5cbbyik4unkmq2w5omc/bafkreiavoqt4wxamchfvuu6v2znj55eysgtnrrbqb2zcem3q4nlrcasqcq)
![みな人の昼寐の種や秋の月 [貞徳]
the reason
everyone's napping—
autumn moon
(Teitoku)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4jz2t5cbbyik4unkmq2w5omc/bafkreidkvufpa437r76vzibpdwa6qhubkaphaxgbmbqyxkj74zn52mrfze)
![起きて見つ寝て見つ蚊帳の広さかな [浮橋]
felt whether
waking or sleeping . . .
bed's width
(Ukihashi)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4jz2t5cbbyik4unkmq2w5omc/bafkreignvvmk5xpisgx7ggshz3hyhgyblbmj7c24eilg4tvclka7trtgay)
![起きて見つ寝て見つ蚊帳の広さかな [浮橋]
awake, asleep
the mosquito net . . .
so wide
(Ukihashi)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4jz2t5cbbyik4unkmq2w5omc/bafkreicp7matjc4v7vmh227nrsycrbbf6wxswk4taq4ao6tnwefqpxtdd4)
![月花や袋や形は定まらず [也有]
this sack
of moonlight & blossoms—
formless
(Yayū)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4jz2t5cbbyik4unkmq2w5omc/bafkreifqn7ie3eovltvbl3htmo6iqjcjbrotgedukegowa72ntmneg6xsa)
![白露もこぼさぬ萩のうねり哉 [芭蕉]
white dew
not one drop spilled . . .
swaying clover
(Bashō)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4jz2t5cbbyik4unkmq2w5omc/bafkreicg36yajeogwehqvcdq3siw27mmertrqmou5piv7vy56rsh7nlr6y)
![花の雲鐘は上野か浅草か [芭蕉]
blossom cloud
is the bell from Ueno?
Asakusa?
(Bashō)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4jz2t5cbbyik4unkmq2w5omc/bafkreiaa66bmavb7xzzwxz53bgktpykqpzkxv2zp5sq2q3oxc5zzbo3c2u)
![それ朝の松にかかりて三日の月 [一茶]
this morning
hanging in the pines,
third moon
(Issa)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4jz2t5cbbyik4unkmq2w5omc/bafkreihn7ac6xkvrg52lpa2xutecjkanmwcbmtmilucglobrgwy5eol5a4)
![三日月にひしひしと物の静まりぬ [千代]
third moon,
everything deepens
with silence
(Chiyo)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4jz2t5cbbyik4unkmq2w5omc/bafkreics27ddifsf3jmw7evfsr2gdqzud6pwiaj7oydpfz3rx56gpggwye)
![三日月の頃より待ちし今宵かな [千代]
third moon
since then i waited . . .
until tonight
(Chiyo)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4jz2t5cbbyik4unkmq2w5omc/bafkreib4kbuhsgiufeks35oy2dk6sj2u26f2msu2yyrrjl7vv2lrt4blj4)