むさしのすけっち　/ Musashino Sketch

　

1

冬から春へ

Winter to
Spring

 2

春から夏へ

Spring to Summer

3

夏から秋へ

Summer to Fall

4

秋から冬へ

Fall to Winter

　

　

晴雨なく学徒行き交う街道に
イチョウの若葉ひたすら青し

On the road
Where students go rain or shine
How green the young leaves of ginko are! 　

April 30, 2005

　

ふるさとは雑木林の平野なり
呪わしきほど平らなるかな

Kanto Plain is where I was grown up
Where woods are
No matter how angrily I curse the place

April 29, 2005

移り住み三歳の子は十七に
古家の躑躅なお咲き誇る

We moved with a child of three
The girl has gorwn to be seventeen
In an old house with a tree of azalea 　

April 28, 2005

　

クヌギ

Kunugi; Quercus acutissima

April 27, 2005

　

アカシデ

Akashide: Carpinus laxiflora

April 27, 2005

　

春風に乗ってきたのか飄々と
カラスノエンドウ風景にあり

Has it come
Flying in the spring wind?
Tare is in the landscape 　

Karasunoendou: Vicia sepium

April 27, 2005

菜の花の色に染まって立ちつくす
里の春なる己の齢

All colored in nanohana
I just keep standing
How many springs have I spent intown? 　

April 27, 2005

　

蕾から半開きして満開に
山吹色に野火は走れる

From buds to half-open and in full bloom
Yamabuki blossoms coloring the world like fire

　

Yamabuki: Kerria japonica

April 27, 2005

　

蜜に寄る虫たちを飲みいや白き
藤の花房滝とこぼれる

Gulping the insect
Attracted to the honey
Wisteria is strikingly white
When inflorescences are hanging like waterfalls

　

Fuji: Wisteria floribunda

April 27, 2005

　

ハナミズキ白無垢を過ぎ忍び寄る
時の陰りを花先に染め

Dogwood has passed its prime in pure white
The flowers are tinited with
The shadow of time in corners

　

Flowering dogwood: Cornus florida

April 25, 2005

チューリップ色とりどりの杯を
われもわれもと光に伸べる

Tulips in multi-colors
Hold out their chalice
To the light
Calling for attention 　

April 24, 2005

　

晩春の日向に浮かぶさみしさを
シロヤマブキは一身に負う

Loneliness in the sunny side
Of late spring
Is concentrated in a flower of shiroyamabuki

　

Shiroyamabuki: Rhodotypos scandens

April 22, 2005

　

赤い実をアオキの顔というならば
その先駆けの慎ましさかな

If red seeds represent Japanese laurel
I Look at their humble heralds!

Aoki; Japanese Laurel: Aucuba japonica

April 21, 2005

　

武蔵野を東の国と遠ざける
Iミツバツツジの長き雄しべよ

Musashino is an eastern country
I watch the long stamens
Of mitsubatutuji

　

Mitsuba-tsutusji
Rhododendron dilatatum

April 19, 2005

西洋の十二単か胴くびれ
膨らむ腰の女描けり

The name of the flower
It reminds me of a woman
In a classic costume
Of thin waist and full hip

　

Seiyou Junihitoe
Ajuga reptans 　

April 19, 2005

　

二年目もおずおずとして余所者の
セイヨウカタクリ葉陰に潜む

Still a stranger at the second year
Seiyou-katakuri is hiding in the shade of leaves

April 18, 2005

　

seiyoukatakuri
in my garden

　

柔らかな緑吹きそむ林間に光届けばスミレ応える

In the woods slightly wearing the young leaves
Violets respond to the ray reaching the ground

　

Violot: Viola mandshurica

April, 17, 2005

Hagiyama, HIgashimurayama, Tokyo

　

おとなしいシャガ群れ咲いてツバメらの
街に挨拶する様見あぐ

Quiet shyaga grow bunched together
Looking up at swallows greeting loudly in town

Shaga: Iris japonica

　

葬列に加わる人の頭上には
誰も覚えぬシキミほのかに

Over the line of mourners at the funeral
Star anise blooms but nobody takes notice of it

Shikimi; star anise: Illicium anisatum

　

April 10, 2005

　

　

　

一面に雄花纒いて萌葱色
コナラのヴェール大樹を揺らす

Wearing the grass green veil of flowers
The branches of tall pin oak trees are shaking

　

April 9, 2005

　

新しき赤煉瓦なり舞い上がる
桜は若木望みつないで

Agains the new red bricks
Cherry blossom is swiling up
From young branches
Believe hope is still here

　

満開に至らず桜花清々と
遠き思いの汚れなきさま

While it's not still in full bloom
Cherry blossom is most fresh
Just like love is 　

　

ゆれているスノーフレークささやいて
空しい技も甲斐なくないと

Whisper me, shaky snowdrop
Nothing is meaningless
Even the vacant work I do

snowflake: Leucojum aestivum L.

　

紫に染め抜かれたり線路端
一日を耐える喜びとして

Colored purple are the railway banks
They give joy to commuters
To endure the hard day to come

　

問いつめる潔癖捨ててクサノオウ
らしき黄花に魅入られている

Giving up the temptation
To ask questions
I'm just fascinated by a yellow flower
Which seems to be kusanoou 　

クサノオウ? : Chelidonium majus var. asiaticum

　

節操もなく咲き続け春となり
はなかたばみはなお繁茂する

Oxalis have been blooming
Througout the year
Knowing no seasons
They still flourish in spring 　

ハナカタバミ: Oxalis bowiei (O. bowieana)

　

　

五角形律儀に囲む紫の
ツルニチニチソウ理性を覚ます

A pentacle is surrounded
By violet petals
Periwinke wakes my reason

ツルニチニチソウ (periwinkle) : Vinca major

　

薄青き星はこぼれて野に散れば
足もと照らすハナニラとなる

The pale stars fell on the field
To become spring star flowers
And brighten the ground we go

Hananira: Spring star flower: Ipheion uniflorum (Graham) Raf.

　

March 22, 2005

うすき水光をすくい影の射すリズム刻んで土に流れる

Shallow water catches light to make a rhythm with shadow over the soil

青藻にはいのち宿るか白き泡やわらにそよぐ浅き水底

Are green algae holding life?
White bubbles are swinging softly along
The shallow running water

花菖蒲切り株突いて青々と水吸い上げる弥生の田圃

Out of the stubble sweet calamus grows
Absorbing water into green sprouts
In the field of March

　

厳冬の眠り抜け出す紅辛夷
夢の話の続きを聞こう

Magnolia is getting out
Of the sleep in the coldest winter
Let me listen to the tale of your dreams again 　

先駆けの辛夷開けば後を追う
花の宴に埋もれて迷う

The front runner magnolia blooms
It's floowed by thousands immediately
To make me lose my way in floral banquets

Magnolia stellata var. keiskei 紅辛夷 （べにこぶし）

March 21, 2005

　

舌状花百も集めた蒲公英を
迎えて開く花暦かな

A hundred small flowers like tongues
Gather in a flower of dandelion
They start the calendar of flowers

Tanpopo: dandelion:Taraxacum platycarpum

はこべらの野に這うやよしいたいけな
花ちりばめて日向煌めく

Stichwort is creeping on the ground
With tiny flowers scattering
The sunny field is shining in happiness

Kohakobe; stichwort: Stellaria media

　

March 16, 2005

　

沈丁花香りたどれば鮮やかな
蕾の残る花玉いくつ

The scent of daphne
Calls me to look back
How many flower balls with buds
Do I discover?

　

Jinchouge; daphne: Daphne odora

くっきりとクロッカスの黄土に映え
手柄のように腕組んでみる

Bright yellow of crocus
Clear against the earth
I fold my arms
As if it's my achievement

　

March 15, 2005

　

早咲きのサクラ透かして降る光
浴びて溶けゆく頑ななもの

Through early cherry blossoms
Light is falling
Something hard is melting
In the mild bright shower

完璧な花などないと知りながら
かすかなしみをかなしむふらち

Knowing there is no perfect flowers
I feel sad to find small specks
On flower petals
It's vicious of me!

March 14, 2005

　

　

薄皮を破る豊かなふくらみの
先尖らせて雨弾く梅

Plump buds burst open
Breaking the thin skin
With the pointed tips
They flick rain drops!

March 13, 2005

　

年毎に繰り返すこと数あれど
梅開くたびこころほどきぬ

There are so many thihgs
Reapeating year by year
Blossoms of ume
Open hearts

　

ume; Japanese plum: prunus salicina lindley

　

サンシュユ（山茱萸）は
ハルコガネバナ（春黄金花）アキサンゴ（秋珊瑚）
尊きものといや愛でらるる

Sanshuu (Japanese cornel) is loved so much
By being called "Spring Golden Flower"
And "Autumn Coral"

Sanshuu: Cornus officinalis

なごり雪消えかねる間にサンシュユの
蕾ふくらむよろこびの時

While the last snow remains
Buds of Japanese cornel are swallen
Knowing the time when joy comes

March 5, 2005

　

三月の悲しみ流す草々を
活けて供えるミモザを添えて

Glasses and flowers are arranged in a pot
To wipe the memory of March in sadness
Mimoza is added to it

Mimoza: Acacia baileyana

九年目の弥生の節句明けた日に
弔いの朝覚えて走る

The day after Doll's Festival
In the ninth March
I run after the deceased
For the memory of the mourning

March 4, 2005

　

その色に何故惹かれると尋ねても
エリカは笑うピンクの魔力

Why does the color attract us?
The question is laughed at
By the magic of erica in pink

Kuroshibe erica: Erica canaliculata

March 4, 2005

奥山の馬酔木をしのび武蔵野に
似姿を見る絶えなき習い

Thinking of Japanese andromeda
In the distant mountains,
I watch one in Musashino
It's the custome I never leave

Asebi: Pieris japonica

March 4, 2005

　

黄に燃えるマンサクの火は雪溶かし
待ちかねた日の訪れ告げる

Burning in yellow and melting snow
Hamamelis tells the coming of the day
After the long patience

Mansaku: Hamamelis japonica

March 4, 2005

乾涸らびた蜂の巣下げているような
三つ又の精突如吹き出す

Like dried honeycombs hanging
Are buds of Mitsumata
Life springs out of them suddenly

Mitsumata: Edgeworthia papyrifera

March 2, 2005

　

にぎにぎをするは赤子かシダの芽も
未来手放し解けてゆくや

Like clenched fist of babies
Sprouts of fern
Will open themselves
To release the future

野にあれば感嘆するも庭隅に
痛く眩しきフキノトウかな

If I found it in the field
I would be amazed with joy
In a corner of a garden
A butterbur sprout is painfully glowing

Fukinotou: Petasites japonicus

March 1, 2005

　

鉄塔とタンクが侵す風景を
哀しいと言えぬ関東平野

None can call itthe desolate
If steel towers and tanks
Invade the landscape
It's Kanto Plain

ひたすらに空ひろげたり公園と
いう名の荒野東京にあり


The sky is wide open
In the bleak field named
The Park for me in Tokyo

　

February 26, 2005

　

武蔵野の雑木林のドングリが
殻脱ぎ捨てて頭もたげる

Acorns in woods of Musashino
Take off the shells
And raise their heads

　

Kunugi: Quercus acutissima

幾億のドングリどものうち幾つ
春の命とよみがえりくる

How many of billions
Of acorns will be born
As the life in spring?

February 24, 2005

ほのかにも色放ちたる葉牡丹を
愛でる間もなき群衆の街

Out of the heart of habotan
The subtle color is emitted
Crowds have no time
To relish it in the city

　

habotan: Brassica oleracea var. acephala

新かな春寿ぐや葉牡丹の
おもてに結ぶ滴をすくう

Habotan is celebrating
The new spring
Let me touch the dews
On its leaves

February 10, 2005

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