Terebess Collection
良寬の俳句集Ryōkan's Haiku in English Translation

良寛大愚 Ryōkan Taigu (1758–1831)
The Complete Haiku
An English version [in boldface] by Gabor Terebess
with some other variations
Romanized reading arranged in alphabetical order,
appendix: arranged according to the seasons

Ryōkan: Self-portrait

あげ巻の昔をしのぶすみれ草
agemaki no / mukashi o shinobu / sumire sōtender memory
hairdressing children
violets in bloom

1あけ窓のむかしをしのぶすぐれ夢
ake mado no / mukashi o shinobu / sugure yume
open window
the past comes backbetter than a dream

秋ひよりせむ羽すずめのはをとかな
秋日和千羽雀の羽音かな
aki hiyori / senba suzume no / haoto kanaclear autumn sky
sparrows thousands
sound of wings

あきかぜに独り立ちたる姿かな
秋風にひとり立ちたる姿かな
aki kaze ni / hitori dachitaru / sugata kanain the autumn wind
standing alonea shadow
autumn wind a figure
standing alone(Tr. Michael Haldane)

秋高し木立はふりぬ籬かな
aki takashi / kodachi wa furinu / magaki kanaclear autumn sky
thicket of old trees
hedgerow

秋は高し木立はふりぬこのやかた
aki wa takashi / kodachi wa furinu / kono yakata
clear autumn sky
thicket of old trees
and this hut!
2Autumn's pure sky
old trees grove
and this hut!
(Tr. Gilles Fabre)

雨もりやまた寝るとこのさむさかな
amamori ya / mata nerutoko no / samusa kanaleaky roof
my bed again
wet and icy

あめのふる日はあはれなり良寛坊
ame no furu / hi wa aware nari / Ryōkan bo
on rainy days
the monk Ryokan
feels sorry for himself

あをみたるなかにこぶしの花ざかり
aomitaru / naka ni kobushi no / hanazakari
in dense green
a magnolia flower
in full bloom

新いけやかはずとびこむ音もなし
新池や蛙飛びこむ音もなし
araike ya / kawazu tobikomu / oto mo nashi
the new ponda frog jumps inno splashing
New pond.
No sound of a frog
jumping in.
(Tr. Kazuaki Tanahashi)

Young ponda frog jumps in ~not one sound!
(Tr. Gilles Fabre)

散る桜残る桜も散る桜
chiru sakura / nokoru sakura mo / chiru sakura
scattering sakura
remaining sakura also
scattering sakura
falling cherry blossoms
those remaining
also will fall
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Falling blossoms.
Blossoms in bloom are also
falling blossoms.
(Tr. Kazuaki Tanahashi)

だれ聞けとま菰が原の行々子
dare kike to / makomo ga hara no / gyōgyōshi
I am all ears
in wild rice fields
the song of warblers

風鈴や竹を去ること三四尺
fūrin ya / take o saru koto / san shi shaku
windbells
rock beyond the bamboo
three or four feetWind bell chimes
three or four feetaway from the bamboo.
(Tr. Kazuaki Tanahashi)

冬川や峰より鷲のにらみけり
fuyu gawa ya / mine yori washi no / nirami keri
river in wintersoaring over peaks
an eagle spots its prey

顔回がうちものゆかし瓢かな
Gankai ga / uchimono yukashi / fukube kanaas valuable
as the sword of Ganka
my gourd!

はちたたき昔も今も鉢叩き
hachi tataki / mukashi mo ima mo / hachi tataki
hitting beating
as before and now
hitting my bowl
萩すすき露のほるまでなかめはや
hagi susuki / tsuyu no boru made / nakame baya
bush clover pampas grass
desire to contemplate
until dew formed

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Shamrock and grass ~I feel like watching them
until dew-time(Tr. Gilles Fabre)

萩すすきわが行く道のしるべせよhagi susuki / waga yuku michi no / shirubeseyobush clover pampas grass
all along my pathso familiar!

はるさめや門松の注連ゆるみけり
harusame ya / kadomatsu no shime / yurumi keri
spring rain
the New Year shime
hung out

はるさめや静かになでるやれふくへ
harusame ya / shizukani naderu / yarefukube
spring rain
I tenderly caress
my cracked gourd

春さめや友をたつぬるおもやあり
harusame ya / tomo o tazunuru / omoya ari
spring rainwish to visit a friend
today
Spring rain ~visiting a friend
comes to my mind today(Tr. Gilles Fabre)

初時雨名もなき山のおもしろき
hatsu shigure / na mo naki yama no / omoshiroki
the first drizzle
a mountain without nameit is fun!
First mist ~a mountain with no namehow pleasing!
(Tr. Gilles Fabre)first winter-rain a nameless mountainquaintly(Tr. Michael Haldane)5Autumn's first drizzle:
How delightful,
The nameless mountain.
(Tr. John Stevens)

平生の身持ちにほしや風呂上がり
heizei no / mimochi ni hoshi ya / furo agari
neverfelt so goodout of the hot tub!
Ha! If I could feelall day as good as
when I get out of the bath!
(Tr. Gilles Fabre)

日日々々に時雨の降れば人老い
hibi hibi ni / shigure no fureba / hito oinu
day by day by day
drizzly cold rain
getting old

火貰ひに橋越へてゆく小夜時雨
hi morai ni / hashi koete yuku / sayo shigure
gathering twigs
then crossing the bridgein the evening mist

昼顔やとちらの露の情やら
hirugao ya / dochira no tsuyu no / nasake yara
morning glory
dew formed on each bell
as expected

昼日中真菰の中の行々子
hiru hi naka / makomo no naka no / gyōgyōshinoon hours
in the wild rice fields
the song of warblers

人の来てまたも頭巾をぬがせけり
hito no kite / mata mo zukin o / nugase keri
someone has comeonce again
remove my bonnet

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Someone's comeonce again I had
to take off my hat(Tr. Gilles Fabre)

人のみなねぶたき時のぎゃうぎゃう
人のみなねぶたきときの行々子
hito no mina / nebutaki toki no / gyōgyōshi
like all of us
when falling asleep
the song of warblers
when everyone
wants to sleep reed-warblers(Tr. Michael Haldane)*gyōgyōshi’: ‘exaggerated’. It refers to the sound made by the yoshikiri (reed-warbler).

ほろ酔のあしもと軽し春のかぜ
horoyoi no / ashimoto karushi / haru no kaze
like drunka light step forwardin spring wind

いきせきと升りて来るや鰯うり
ikiseki to / noborite kuru ya / iwashi uri
gasping for air
the fishmonger in sweat
climbed up here
Short of breath,a sardine vendermakes his way to the top.
(Tr. Kazuaki Tanahashi)

Sweating, puffing
he comes up to here
the sardin seller(Tr. Gilles Fabre)

いくむれかおよいで行くやいわしうり
ikumure ka / oyoide yuku ya / iwashi uri
going forwardin zigzag
the fishmonger
いくつれか鷺のとびゆくあきのくれ
ikutsure ka / sagi no tobi yuku / aki no kure
all small groups
herons in the sky
autumn dusk
7

稲舟やさし行方や三日の月
inabune ya / sashiyuku kata ya / mikka no tsuki
riceboatgoes straight tothe crescent moon
Pushing the pole—a rice-straw-carrying boat launches
toward the sliver moon.
(Tr. Kazuaki Tanahashi)

The boat with a load of rice
going straight tothe crescent of the moon(Tr. Gilles Fabre)

いざさらばあつさを忘れ盆踊
iza saraba / atsusa o wasure / bonodori
let's go!
forget the heat
Bon dance

いささらは我も返らんあきの暮
iza saraba / ware mo kaeran / aki no kure
let’s go, that's it!
I am leaving too
autumn dusk

柿もぎのきん玉寒し秋の風
柿もぎの金玉寒し秋の風
kakimogi no / kintama samushi / aki no kaze
persimmon-gathering
my balls are coldin the fall wind
The persimmon picker’s
testicles look frozen
in the autumn wind.
(Tr. Kazuaki Tanahashi)

Picking persimmons-My testicles are frozen
By the autumn wind.
(Tr. John Stevens)

かきつばた我れこの亭に酔ひにけり
kakitsubata / ware kono tei ni / yoini keri
iris petal
leaning against my hut
made me drunk8

きませきみいが栗落ちしみちよけてkimase kimi / igakuri ochi shi / michi yokete
coming up here
walk round chestnut burrs
on the ground

来て見れば山ばかりなり五合庵
kitemireba yamabakarinari Gogō An
Why, coming to the hut ”Gogō An”
I see nothing but mountains
Endlessly waving on!
(Tr. Misao Kodama and Hikosaku Yanagishima)

来ては打ち行きてはたたく夜もすがら
kite wa uchi / yukite wa tataku / yomosugara
coming I clap
returning I knock
the night throughこがねもていざ杖かはむさみつ坂
kogane mote / iza tsue kawan / Samizusaka
my last pennies
for a stick now
Mount Samizu
My last coins
for a stick now ~Mount Samizu(Tr. Gilles Fabre)

木枯しを馬上ににらむ男哉
kogarashi o / bajō ni niramu / otoko kanacold winter windwith rigid glancea horseman

この人の背中に踊りできるなり
kono hito no / senaka ni odori / dekirunari
this woman
dancing on her broad backwe could almost!

この宮やこぶしのはなにちるさくら
kono miya ya / kobushi no hana ni / chiru sakurain the sanctuaryfell on the magnolia
cherry blossoms!
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子らや子ら子らが手を取躑躅かな
koraya kora / kora ga te o toru / tsutsuji kanacome on, kids!
azaleas wantyour harmful hands

けふこすはあすはちりなむうめのはな
kyō kosu ba / asu wa chirinan / ume no hanastill on the branch
today - but tomorrow plum blossoms
On the branch
still today - but gone tomorrowthe plum tree blossoms(Tr. Gilles Fabre)

I must go there today -Tomorrow the plum blossoms
Will scatter.
(Tr. John Stevens)

摩頂してひとりだちけり秋のかぜ
machō shite / hitori dachi keri / aki no kaze
the peak reachedlonely I stands
the winds of autumn

真昼中ほろりほろりとけしのはな>
mahiru naka / horori horori to / keshi no hanaat midday
appear everywhere
poppy flowers
Midday ~showing up from all overpoppies(Tr. Gilles Fabre)

名月やけいとう花もにょつきにょつき
meigetsu ya / keitō hana mo / nyoki nyoki
at full moon
flowering cockscombs
appear everywhere

名月や庭のはせをとせいくらべ
meigetsu ya / niwa no bashō to / sei kurabe
at full moonmeasure myself against Basho
in my garden
10Full moon
I measure myself against
my garden's banana tree(Tr. Gilles Fabre)

水の面にあや織りみだるはるのあめ
mizu no mo ni / ayaori midaru / haru no ame
the surface of the waterlike ornate silk
spring rain

もみち葉の錦のあきや唐衣
momijiba no / nishiki no aki ya / karagoromo
autumn - a brocadeof red maple leaves Tang dress

なへみがくおとにまぎるる雨蛙
鍋みがく音にまぎるゝ雨蛙nabe migaku / oto ni magiruru / amagaeru
scrub the pot
make louder noise
green frogs
Rain frogs
disappear into
my scrubbing of the pot.
(Tr. Kazuaki Tanahashi)

Pots washing ~I make sounds that mingle
with frogs caw(Tr. Gilles Fabre)

なつのよや>のみをかぞへてあかしけり
夏の夜や蚤を数へて明かしけり
natsu no yo ya / nomi o kazoete / akashikeri
summer night
to count all my fleas
until dawn
Summer nighttransforms to daybreak.
I count fleas.
(Tr. Kazuaki Tanahashi)11鳰のすのところがへするさつきあめ
nio no su no / tokoro gaesuru / satsuki ame
grebe’s nest
found everywhere
May showers

のっぺりと師走も知らず今朝の春
nopperi to / shiwasu mo shirazu / kesa no haru
what a relief!
missed the end of the year
spring morning

のっぽりと師走も知らず弥彦山
noppori to / shiwasu mo shirazu / Yahiko yama
how reckless!
ignores the end of the year
Mount Yahiko

五合庵 Gogō-an, the cottage where Ryōkan lived from 1804 to 1816 (reconstructed in 1914)

ぬす人に取り殘されし窓の月
nusubito ni / tori nokosareshi / mado no tsuki
shining window
the thief left it behindthe moon
Only thing
the thief left behind—moon in my window.
(Tr. Kazuaki Tanahashi)

The thief left
only one thing behind:the moon by the window(Tr. Gilles Fabre)

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Left behind by the thief—
The moonIn the window.
(Tr. John Stevens)

The thief left it behind:the moonat my window.
(Tr. Stephen Mitchell)

The thief,
left behind,the moon in my window(Tr. Timothy L. Jackowski)

Hi, Moon,
You were left behind
By the gentleman of the road
While peeping in
Through the window!
(Tr. Misao Kodama and Hikosaku Yanagishima)

おちつけばここも廬山の時雨哉
ochitsukeba / koko mo Rozan no / shigure kanagreat peace
here as in Rozan
autumn mist

同じくばはなのもとにて一とよねむ
onajiku ba / hana no moto nite / hitoyo nen
fell asleep
under cherry blossoms
just one night
Right here
at the foot of this cherry tree in bloom
sleeping all night(Tr. Gilles Fabre)

A single wish:
To sleep one night
Beneath the cherry blossoms.
(Tr. John Stevens)

可惜虚空に馬を放ちけり
oshimubeshi / kokū ni uma o / hanachi keri
so sad to see
a stray marealone in the fields

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老翁が身は寒に理雪の竹rōō ga / mi wa samu ni uzu / yuki no takeold manwinter's cold embracesnow-bound bamboo
Old man’s bent body—
like a snow-laden stalk of bamboo
buried in cold.
(Tr. Kazuaki Tanahashi)This old body of mine:
A bamboo buried
In the cold snow.
(Tr. John Stevens)

留守の戸にひとり淋しき散り松葉
rusu no to ni / hitori sabishiki / chiri matsuba
sad and lonely
before a closed doorpine needles
No one home.
Fallen pine needles
scattered at the door.
(Tr. Kazuaki Tanahashi)

Around my shuttered door,
Fallen pine needles:
How lonely I feel . . .
(Tr. John Stevens)

さわぐ子のとる智慧はなしはつほたる
sawagu ko no / toru chie wa nashi / hatsu hotaru
chattering children
never catchthe first firefly
Noisy kids
lack coordination to catchearly fireflies.
(Tr. Kazuaki Tanahashi)

Kids, chatting too muchto catch it ~first firefly!
(Tr. Gilles Fabre)

青嵐吸物は白牡丹
seiran / suimono wa / shiro botan
summer windbrings into my soupa white peony
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Summer windbrings into my soup
white peonies(Tr. Gilles Fabre)

柴垣に小鳥あつまるゆきのあさ
shibagaki ni / kotori atsumaru / yuki no asa
hedge branches
young birds are raised
morning snow

柴の戸につゆのたまりや今朝のあさ
shiba no to ni / tsuyu no tamari ya / kesa no asa
on my door knob
a pearl of dew
early morning柴燒て>しくれ聞夜となりにけり
shiba yaite / shigure kiku yo to / nari ni keri
burning woodnight is fallingwith rain

そめいろのをとつれつげよよるのかり
蘇迷盧の音信告げよ夜の雁
Someiro no / otozure tsugeyo / yoru no kari
about Someiro
tell me all you know
wild geese in the evening
You're from Someiro
tell me all you know
evening goose(Tr. Gilles Fabre)

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Tell me the news
from Sumeru,
evening geese.
(Tr. Kazuaki Tanahashi)

Tell me of the visit ofautumn’s dye colors,evening geese.
(Tr. Kazuaki Tanahashi)bring tidings
from Mt. Shumi,
eventide wild geese(Tr. Michael Haldane)*Mt. Shumi: at the centre of the Buddhist paradise. Ryōkan is requesting the migrating wild geese to return from the West with news of his
father.

すまでらのむかしを問へばやまざくら
Sumadera no / mukashi o toeba / yamazakura
Suma temple
for its history
ask the wild cherry tree
Suma temple
to know its story:
wild cherry trees(Tr. Gilles Fabre)

涼しさを忘れまひそや今年竹suzushisa o / wasuremai zo ya / kotoshidake
cooling green
do not forgetbamboo of the year

たかつきに向かふあしたの寒さかな
takatsuki ni / mukau ashita no / samusa kanaat dawn
before my eating tray
sitting in the cold
Early morning
sitting in front of the offerings tablein the cold
(Tr. Gilles Fabre)

たくほどはかぜがもてくるおちばかな
焚くほどは風もて来る落ち葉かな
takuhodo wa / kaze ga motekuru / ochiba kana
the wind brings enoughof fallen leaves
to make a fire16

For my fire
the wind blows in
autumn leaves(Tr. Gilles Fabre)

To kindle a fire,the autumn winds have piled
a few dead leaves.
(Tr. Sam Hamill)

The winds gives me
Enough fallen leaves
To make a fire(Tr. John Stevens)Ah, how a wind
Brings in
Dead leaves just enoughAs I burn them on!
(Tr. Misao Kodama and Hikosaku Yanagishima)

たふるれはたふるるままの庭の草
taorure ba / taoruru mama no / niwa no kusa
blades go down
and stay laying
garden grassfallenstill
garden plants(Tr. Michael Haldane)

手もたゆくあふぐ扇のおきどころ
te mota yuku / ōgu ōgi no / okidokoro
my tired handseeks to find a place
for the fan
My hand istired of fanning,
but where should I set it?
(Tr. Kazuaki Tanahashi)

My tired handlooking for a place
for my fan(Tr. Gilles Fabre)

手拭で年をかくすや盆踊
tenuguide / toshi o kakusu / ya bonodori
headbands
we can hide years
Bon
17Dancing the bon dance,with a hand towel
I hide my age.
(Tr. Kazuaki Tanahashi)

手を振ておよいでゆくやいはしうり
te o furite / oyoide yuku ya / iwashi uri
waving his arms
zigzag it in advancethe merchant of sardines

鉄鉢に明日の米あり夕涼み
tetsubachi ni / asu no kome ari / yūsuzumi
in the iron bowl
rice for tomorrowthe cool evening!
Tomorrow's ricein the bowl ~evening coolness!
(Tr. Gilles Fabre)in the begging-bowl
tomorrow’s rice evening breeze(Tr. Michael Haldane)*yūsuzumi: cooling oneself in the evening after work and the heat of the Japanese summer day.

つとにせむよしののさとのはなかたみ
tsuto ni sen / Yoshino no sato no / hanagatami
to remember
Yoshino cherrya basket of flowers

鴬にゆめさまされし朝げかな
uguisu ni / yumesama sareshi / asage kanaa bush warbler
singing me out of a dream
rice in the morning
A nightingale's song
Brings me out of a dream:
The morning glows.
(Tr. John Stevens)

鴬や百人なから気かつかす
uguisu ya / hyakunin nagara / kigatsukazu
a bush warbler
not a man in a hundred's
aware of it18うらばたけはにふのかきのやぶれから
urabatake / hanifu no kaki no / yabure kara
the next garden
through a gaping holein the clay wall

裏を見せ表を見せて散る紅葉
うらを見せおもてを見せて散るもみじ
ura o mise / omote o misete / chiru momiji
showing backshowing front
maple leaves fall
Now it reveals its hidden sideand now the other—thus it falls,
an autumn leaf.
(Tr. Yoel Hoffmann)

Each maple leaf
Fluttering away
One and all,Showing its face and back.
(Tr. Misao Kodama and Hikosaku Yanagishima)

わがこひはふくへてとしょうをおすことしwaga koi wa / fukube de dojō o / osu gotoshi
loach from gourd
slipping old hand
love as well

わが宿へつれて行きたし蓮に鳥waga yado e / tsurete yukitashi / hasu ni tori
up to my hut
I accompany
the lotus bird
Up to my hut
I'd love to bring him
the lotus bird
(Tr. Gilles Fabre)

われよびて故郷へ行や夜の雁
ware yobite / kokyō e yuku ya / yoru no karigeese call me
fly home with themin the night19

Calling out to me
As they return home:
Wild geese at night.
(Tr. John Stevens)

I hear their cries
the sign of departure
evening geese(Tr. Gilles Fabre)

山しぐれ酒やの蔵に波深しyamashigure / sakaya no kura ni / nami fukashi
mountain rain
in sake warehouse
deep puddles

山は花酒や酒やの杉ばやし
yama wa hana / sakeya sakeya no / sugibayashi
mountain in bloom
a single cry: sake, sake!
the woods ring with it

やま里は蛙の声になりにけり
yamazato wa / kaeru no koe ni / nari ni keri
mountain hamlet
drowned in croaking
green frogs
The mountain village:
Swallowed up by
A chorus of croaking frogs!
(Tr. John Stevens)

屋根引の金玉しほむ秋の風
yanebiki no / kintama shibomu / aki no kaze
repairing the roof
my balls are coldin the fall wind

酔ひふしのところはここか蓮の花
yoi fushi no / tokorowa koko ka / basu no hanawhere to doze off
in this drunken state
the lotus flower宵暗やせむざいはただ虫の声
yoiyamiya / senzai wa tada / mushi no koe
nightfall
only singing insects
in the garden
20世の中はさくらの花になりけり
yo no naka wa / sakura no hana / ni nari keri
all around us
the world is more thancherry blossoms
All around us
the world is justcherry blossoms(Tr. Gilles Fabre)

よしや寝むすまのうらわのなみまくら
yoshi ya nen / Suma no urawa no / nami makura
what fun! sleepon the shores of Suma
waves as a pillow!

よそはでもかほはしろいぞよめがきみ
yoso wa demo / kao wa shiroizo / yome ga kimi
without powder
the whiteness of your facebride!

雪しろのかかる芝生のつくずくし
yukishiru no / kakaru shibafu no / tsukuzukushi
slush
on the grass
growing horsetail雪しろのよする古野のつくずくし
yukishiru no / yosuru furu ya no / tsukuzukushi
slush
spreads on the old fieldgrowing horsetail

雪しろや古野にかかるつくずくし
yukishiru ya / furu ya ni kakaru / tsukuzukushi
slush
reveals an old fieldgrowing horsetail
Melting, the snow
shows an old field
where horsetails grow(Tr. Gilles Fabre)21

ゆくあきのあはれを誰にかたらまし
行く秋の哀れを誰に語らましyuku aki no / aware o dare ni / katara mashi
about the pathosof departing autumn
whom can I tell?
the poignancy
of closing autumn, whom
to tell?
(Tr. Michael Haldane)

ゆめさめて聞くは蛙の遠音かな
夢覚めて聞けば蛙の遠音かな
yume samete / kiku wa kawazu no / tōne kanaout of my dreams
the distant croaking
green frogs

ゆふせむとくさのまくらに留守のあむ
yūzen to / kusa no makura ni / rusu no an
perfect calm
on a grass pillow
far from my hut
Perfect calm ~on my grass pillow
far from my hut(Tr. Gilles Fabre)

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Ryōkan: Self-portrait

Ryōkan’s Haiku arranged according to the seasons
新

年

俳 句

shinnen haiku

New Year’s Haiku
のっぺりと師走も知らず今朝の春
nopperi to / shiwasu mo shirazu / kesa no haru
よそはでもかほはしろいぞよめがきみ
yoso wa demo / kao wa shiroizo / yome ga kimi
春雨や門松の注連ゆるみけり
harusame ya / kadomatsu no shime / yurumi keri

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春

の

俳 句

haru no haiku

Spring Haiku
あげ巻の昔をしのぶすみれ草
agemaki no / mukashi o shinobu / sumire sō
春雨や静になづる破れふくべ
harusame ya / shizukani naduru / yarefukube
春雨や友を訪ぬる想ひあり
harusame ya / tomo o tazunuru / omoya ari
水の面にあや織りみだる春の雨
mizu no mo ni / ayaori midaru / haru no ame
新池や蛙とびこむ音もなし
araike ya / kawazu tobikomu / oto mo nashi
夢さめて聞くは蛙の遠音かな
yume samete / kiku wa kawazu no / tōne kana
子らや子ら子らが手を取る躑躅かな
koraya kora / kora ga te o toru / tsutsuji kana
山里は蛙の声となりにけり
yamazato wa / kaeru no koe to / nari ni keri
今日来ずば明日は散りなむ梅の花
kyō kosu ba / asu wa chirinan / ume no hana
青みたるなかに辛夷の花ざかり
aomitaru / naka ni kobushi no / hanazakari
雪しろの寄する古野のつくづくしyukishiru no / yosuru furu ya no / tsukudukushi
雪しろのかかる芝生のつくづくしyukishiru no / kakaru shibafu no / tsukudukushi
雪汁や古野にかかるつくづくしyukishiru ya / furu ya ni kakaru / tsukudukushi
鶯に夢さまされし朝げかな
uguisu ni / yumesama sareshi / asage kana
鶯や百人ながら気がつかず
uguisu ya / hyakunin nagara / kigatsukazu
世の中は桜の花になりにけり
yo no naka wa / sakura no hana / ni nari keri24

山は花酒屋酒屋の杉ばやし
yama wa hana / sakeya sakeya no / sugibayashi
同じくば花の下にて一とよ寝む
onajiku ba / hana no moto nite / hitoyo nen
須磨寺の昔を問へば山桜
Sumadera no / mukashi o toeba / yamazakura
ほろ酔ひのあしもと軽し春の風
horoyoi no / ashimoto karushi / haru no kaze
この宮や辛夷の花に散る桜
kono miya ya / kobushi no hana ni / chiru sakura
散る桜残る桜も散る桜
chiru sakura / nokoru sakura mo / chiru sakura
苞にせむ吉野の里の花がたみ
tsuto ni sen / Yoshino no sato no / hanagatami

夏

の

俳 句

natsu no haiku

Summer Haiku
誰れ聞けと真菰が原の行行子
dare kike to / makomo ga hara no / gyōgyōshi
真昼中真菰が原の行行子
hiru hi naka / makomo no naka no / gyōgyōshi
人の皆ねぶたき時の行行子
hito no mina / nebutaki toki no / gyōgyōshi
かきつばた我れこの亭に酔ひにけり
kakitsubata / ware kono tei ni / yoini keri
真昼中ほろりほろりと芥子の花
mahiru naka / horori horori to / keshi no hana
鍋みがく音にまぎるる雨蛙
nabe migaku / oto ni magiruru / amagaeru
夏の夜や蚤を数へて明かしけり
natsu no yo ya / nomi o kazoete / akashikeri
風鈴や竹を去ること三四尺
fūrin ya / take o saru koto / san shi shaku
涼しさを忘れまひぞや今年竹
suzushisa o / wasuremai zo ya / kotoshidake25

鳰の巣のところがへする五月雨
nio no su no / tokoro gaesuru / samidare
さわぐ子の捕る知恵はなし初ほたる
sawagu ko no / toru chie wa nashi / hatsu hotaru
青嵐吸物は白牡丹
seiran / suimono wa / shiro botan
酔臥の宿はここか蓮の花
yoi fushi no / tokorowa koko ka / basu no hana
わが宿へ連れて行きたし蓮に鳥waga yado e / tsurete yukitashi / hasu ni tori
鉄鉢に明日の米あり夕涼み
tetsubachi ni / asu no kome ari / yūsuzumi
手もたゆくあふぐ扇の置きどころ
te mota yuku / ōgu ōgi no / okidokoro
昼顔やとちらの露の情やら
hirugao ya / dochira no tsuyu no / nasake yara
留主の戸に独り寂しき散り松葉
rusu no to ni / hitori sabishiki / chiri matsuba

秋

の

俳 句

aki no haiku

Autumn Haiku
いざさらば暑さを忘れ盆踊
iza saraba / atsusa o wasure / bonodori
手ぬぐひで年をかくすや盆踊
tenuguide / toshi o kakusu / ya bonodori
この人の背中に踊りできるなり
kono hito no / senaka ni odori / dekirunari
萩すすき露のぼるまで眺めばや
hagi susuki / tsuyu no boru made / nakame baya
萩すすきわが行く道のしるべせよhagi susuki / waga yuku michi no / shirubeseyo
顔回がうちものゆかし瓢哉
Gankai ga / uchimono yukashi / fukube kana26

わが恋はふくべで泥鰌をおすごとし
waga koi wa / fukube de dojō o / osu gotoshi
秋風に独り立ちたる姿かな
aki kaze ni / hitori dachitaru / sugata kana
摩頂して独り立ちけり秋の風
machō shite / hitori dachi keri / aki no kaze
屋根引の金玉しぼむ秋の風
yanebiki no / kintama shibomu / aki no kaze
柿もぎの金玉寒し秋の風
kakimogi no / kintama samushi / aki no kaze
秋高し木立は古りぬ籬かな
akitakashi / kodachi wa furinu / magaki kana
秋は高し木立はふりぬこの館
aki wa takashi / kodachi wa furinu / kono yakata宵闇やせむざいはただ虫の声
yoiyamiya / senzai wa tada / mushi no koe
稲舟をさしゆく方や三日の月
inabune ya / sashiyuku kata ya / mikka no tsuki
名月や庭の芭蕉と背比べ
meigetsu ya / niwa no bashō to / sei kurabe
名月や鶏頭花もによつきによきmeigetsu ya / keitō hana mo / nyoki nyoki
秋ひよりせむ羽すずめのはをとかな
秋日和千羽雀の羽音かな
aki hiyori / senba suzume no / haoto kana
手を振つて泳いでゆくや鰯売り
te o furite / oyoide yuku ya / iwashi uri
いく群れか泳いで行くや鰯売り
ikumure ka / oyoide yuku ya / iwashi uri
息せきと升りて来るや鰯売り
ikiseki to / noborite kuru ya / iwashi uri
そめいろのをとつれつげよよるのかり
蘇迷盧の訪れ告げよ夜の雁
Someiro no / otozure tsugeyo / yoru no kari
われ喚て故郷へ行や夜の雁
ware yobite / kokyō e yuku ya / yoru no kari27

君来ませいが栗落ちし道よけてkimase kimi / igakuri ochi shi / michi yokete
ぬす人に取り残されし窓の月
nusubito ni / tori nokosareshi / mado no tsuki
柴の戸に露のたまりや今朝の秋
shiba no to ni / tsuyu no tamari ya / kesa no aki
いくつれか鷺の飛びゆく秋の暮
ikutsure ka / sagi no tobi yuku / aki no kure
いざさらば我も帰らむ秋の暮
iza saraba / ware mo kaeran / aki no kure
もみぢ葉の錦の秋や唐衣
momijiba no / nishiki no aki ya / karagoromo
ゆく秋のあはれを誰に語らましyuku aki no / aware o dare ni / katara mashi
裏を見せ表を見せて散る紅葉
ura o mise / omote o misete / chiru momiji

冬

の

俳 句

fuyu no haiku

Winter Haiku
雨もりやまた寝るとこの寒さかな
amamori ya / mata nerutoko no / samusa kana
焚くほどは風がもて来る落ち葉かな
takuhodo wa / kaze ga motekuru / ochiba kana
初時雨名もなき山のおもしろき
hatsu shigure / na mo naki yama no / omoshiroki
柴焼て時雨聞夜となりにけり
shiba yaite / shigure kiku yo to / nari ni keri
日々日々に時雨の降れば人老いぬ
hibi hibi ni / shigure no fureba / hito oinu
山しぐれ酒やの蔵に波深しyamashigure / sakaya no kura ni / nami fukashi
木枯を馬上ににらむ男かな
kogarashi o / bajō ni niramu / otoko kana
冬川や峰より鷲のにらみけり
fuyu gawa ya / mine yori washi no / nirami keri28

火貰ひに橋越て行く寒さかな
hi morai ni / hashi koete yuku / samusa kana
柴垣に小鳥集まる雪の朝
shibagaki ni / kotori atsumaru / yuki no asa
老翁が身は寒に埋雪の竹
rōō ga / mi wa samu ni uzu / yuki no take
鉢叩き鉢叩き昔も今も鉢叩き
hachi tataki hachi tataki / mukashi mo ima mo / hachi tataki
人の来てまたも頭巾を脱がせけり
hito no kite / mata mo zukin o / nugase keriのつぽりと師走も知らず弥彦山
noppori to / shiwasu mo shirazu / Yahiko yama
たかつきに向かふあしたの寒さかな
takatsuki ni / mukau ashita no / samusa kana

無

季

の 俳 句

muki no haiku

Non-seasonal Haiku
あけ窓の昔をしのぶすぐれ夢
ake mado no / mukashi o shinobu / sugure yume
よしや寝む須磨の浦はの波枕
yoshi ya nen / Suma no urawa no / nami makura
黄金もていざ杖買はむさみつ坂
kogane mote / iza tsue kawan / Samizusaka
落ちつけばここも廬山の時雨かな
ochitsukeba / koko mo Rozan no / shigure kana
平生の身持ちにほしや風呂上がり
heizei no / mimochi ni hoshi ya / furo agari
雨の降る日はあはれなり良寛坊
ame no furu / hi wa aware nari / Ryōkan bo
うら畑埴生の垣の破れから
urabatake / hanifu no kaki no / yabure kara
倒るれば倒るるままの庭の草
taorure ba / taoruru mama no / niwa no kusa

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可惜虚空に馬を放ちけり
oshimubeshi / kokū ni uma o / hanachi keri

悠然と草の枕に留守の庵
yūzen to / kusa no makura ni / rusu no an
来ては打ち行きては叩く夜もすがら
kite wa uchi / yukite wa tataku / yomosugara

Ryōkan's dharma lineage
永平道元 Eihei Dōgen (1200-1253)
孤雲懐奘 Koun Ejō (1198-1280)
徹通義介 Tettsū Gikai (1219-1309)
螢山紹瑾 Keizan Jōkin (1268-1325)
明峰素哲 Meihō Sotetsu (1277-1350)
珠巌道珍 Shugan Dōchin (?-1387)
徹山旨廓 Tessan Shikaku (?-1376)
桂巌英昌 Keigan Eishō (1321-1412)
籌山了運 Chuzan Ryōun (1350-1432)
義山等仁 Gisan Tōnin (1386-1462)
紹嶽堅隆 Shōgaku Kenryū (?-1485)
幾年豊隆 Kinen Hōryū (?-1506)
提室智闡 Daishitsu Chisen (1461-1536)
虎渓正淳 Kokei Shōjun (?-1555)
雪窓祐輔 Sessō Yūho (?-1576)
海天玄聚 Kaiten Genju (?-?)
州山春昌 Shūzan Shunshō (1590-1647)
超山誾越 Chōzan Gin'etsu (1581-1672)
福州光智 Fukushū Kōchi (?-?)
明堂雄暾 Meidō Yūton (?-?)
白峰玄滴 Hakuhō Genteki (1594-1670)
月舟宗胡 Gesshū Sōko (1618-1696)
徳翁良高 Tokuō Ryōkō (1649-1709)
高外全國 Kōgai Zenkoku (1671-1743)
大忍国仙 Dainin Kokusen (1723–1791)
良寛大愚 Ryōkan Taigu (1758–1831) [born 山本栄蔵 Yamamoto Eizō]30