山田維史英語俳句：Tadami Yamada's English Haiku Poems (9)

 May 14th "Neri-kuyō *(The Buddhist Memorial Service 

Procession at Taima Temple in Nara)". Also my birthday.


     I was born on May 14th,

     That day of the procession of

     Twenty five Bodhisattvas was taking 　　



     I was born, During the war, 

     On the day of the memorial service 

     of the waiting Amitabha



    As a baby, I might have been watching

    The Bodhisattvas' procession from my first buth 

    In a poor house in the war time


【*Note】On May 14th, at Taima-ji Temple, people

dressed as 25 Bodhisattvas imitating the the arrival of

the Buddha (Amitabha), accompanied by pretty children,

greeted the statue of Chujohime Princess and respond-

ed, thanking the Buddha. A memorial service is to show 

the mercy of Amitabha. 

   This Procession Memorial service is called "Raigō-è 

(The memorial service of the Waiting Amitabha)" or 

"Neri-kuyō (The Procession Memorial service)", or 

"Geisetsu-e (The Memorial service for receiving in 

audience by Amitabha)".


   I was given my life on this dat, whether it was a 

strange fate or a Buddaha's mercy. And just three 

months later, the WW II ended, as my parents made a 

wish in my name (it means change history new, or 

arrangement history). 

   It is said that I, a baby who hates a dark air raid 

shelter and cries, was wrapped in a thick cotton duvet 

and pushed under the stairs, hoping that the bullets of 

the granman's strafing flying into Suruga Bay would not 

penetrate. As a baby born in the hell of 

this world, I survived.

   It seems that the love affair between the father of the

samurai family for generations and the mother of the

monk family for generations seems to be a strange

relationship, but the result of that, or thanks to that,

there is a conflicting character in my nature. 

   The nature of fierce fighting and the nature of calm. 

I confess that until I was 76 years old, I had managed 

to reconcile the two conflicting characters of self-

intensity and calmness. I have inspected the internal 

conflict. When I was young, I often had a rather intense 

nature on the surface, expression. 

   I will die soon. It's just my pleasure to see what the 

conflict between the two characters is at the end of my 

life.



 I received an e-mail from my college alumnus Mr. Suguro

celebrating my birthday. Thanks to his 56-year-old 

friendship.


    Count the date

    When the letter was read too much

    In May fresh leaves oak　



    Kiving is just the thing

    The compassion of a friend I felt

    In May fresh leaves oak



   For a certain memory.


    A magnolia flower 

    Full of fragrance

    In the deep woods 



    If look up,

　Magnolia flowers

    like a canopy



    It's smell faintly 

    Eros

    A magnolia flower



    Eros

    If I collect memories.

    Magnolia flower



    The incense on the sleeves

    Recalling, but enduring in a memory

    Magnolia flower



Five Haiku on Miyakogusa*


     Miyakogusa

     As much as lonely

     In a remote village　　



     Thou shalt be a small one,

     But be one with an emphatic life

     Miyakogusa



     I will never forget it

     Even after the years have passed,

     Miyakogusa



     I'll keep what thou really are

     In my memory forever

     Miyakogusa



    I will bend down,

    It will misty rain on

    Miyakogusa


【*Note】Miyakogusa is a plant. The scientific name of

botany is "Lotus corniculatus LINNAEUS var. japonicus

REGEL".

   Japanese name Miyakogusa means the Capital (Kyoto)

grass.




Six Haiku on Clematis


    To the ambassador's wife

    in a foreign country,

    Clematis 　　



    Is it crowned 

    of a purple star,

    Clematis?



    Clematis

    By dear

    closed window



    Clematis

    entwined around that is 

    a debt you owe to fate



    It's a long time ago

    There are no people to live in.

    Only clematis is in bloom　　



    Stopping a motorcycle

    It's raining lightly

    Clematis is in bloom


【*Note】Téssènka is Clematis florida, aka Asian-

virginsbower.


 

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