山田維史英語俳句：Tadami Yamada's English Haiku Poems (6)

　 Spring thunder

     shakes the grass hermitage

     and passed by

     Spring thunder

     Red of a few pieces, Camellia petals

     fluttered in the air

     Spring rain,

     its sound also strong.

     The Rashomon gate

     Spring rain in the morning,

     After a secret intimate thing

     in demon's bedchamber of Rashomon

     Spring thunder. The demon's arm

     that the war lord Tsuna

     hold under his arm

     The hem of a geisha kimono

     That flutters like a spring breeze

     The anniversary of Oishi's death

     Water-warming

     Tone embankment

     and blowing north

     Trace

     The handwriting of an old letter

     With a field horsetail

     If I pick a field horsetail

     And throw away my paintbrush,

     I'll return to that day 

     The anniversary

     of the death of Rennyo, After 446 years

     The anniversary

     of the death of Rennyo, 

     White petals are fluttering down 

     Saint Rennyo's memorial,

     His text "Gobunsyo"

     On my deceased mother's knee

    Fallen camellia

　I may be able to sweep

    Every morning　　

    Today two

    Tomorrow will be some

    Fallen camellia

    If you don't come,

    If I listen carefully,

    It's a fallen camellia

    A fallen camellia

    Oh pianissimo

    Information

    Fallen camellia

    Flowing

    In the child's hair

    A distant Buddhist temple

    The bell's sound can be heard faintly

    Camellia scatters

    At the gate without gate*

    The Zen temple

    A fallen camellia

 【*Note】There is no gate in Zen temple. It is 

called the Mumon no mon ( the gate without gate). 

    An old monk's shadow

    On a paper sliding door

    Camellia falls off continually