The sky was blue and spread over, clouds was white and stood high.
And cicadas were singing in chorus.
I thought this is really summer day.
By the way, do you know "HAIKU"? It is a kind of poetry and born in Japan.
I remember a haiku of "Matsuo Basho" when the summer came.
"shizukesa ya
iwa ni shimiiru
semi no koe"
-the original in Japanese by Matsuo Basho-
"the silence,
sounds of cicadas
held into the rocks"
-translated by AEZ-
「蝉の声」
最近は、あまり天気が良くない日が続いてたけど、今日はとてもいい天気だった。
空は青く、遠くまで広がって、雲は白く、高くそびえ立っていた。
そして、蝉の大合唱。
これが本当の夏の日だ。
ところで、俳句って知ってますか？詩の一種で、日本で生まれたものです。
僕は夏が来ると、松尾芭蕉のある俳句を思い出します。
“静けさや
岩にしみいる
蝉の声”
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6 comments:
We have cicadas here too. Since they're on seven year cycles, we haven't heard any this year. Last year they were quite loud though.
It's only when I spend my holiday in south of France that I can hear cicadas singing. This sound reminds me that I really am in vacancy !
By the way, I already heard about "haÏku" (I sometimes read it in manga !).
Although cicadas' singing were loud, it makes me sleep during campings.
They say it's hard to write haiku in English.
I will try it sometimes.
You asked me if european language came all from the same stock. Yes, they all come from an ancient language spoken by Indoeuropeans, which originated Latin, Greek, German and Sanscrito.
i love haikus, i actually have a book with haikus in them, theyre so interesting, i enjoyed writing them during high school
Thank you for translating the haiku! The beauty really comes across the language barrier. I've taken many writing classes, and it's not uncommon for the instructor to make us practice the haiku or the tanka. I have no skill at them, but it is a good exercise.
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