Fukuda Chiyo-ni haiku translations 3

Fukuda Chiyo-ni Haiku Fukuda Chiyo-ni was a Japanese poet and painter of the Edo period, also known as Kaga no Chiyo. Having seen the moon I can bid this planet farewell. —Chiyo-ni, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch The moon settled in a flower-strewn stream ... —Chiyo-ni, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Illuminating my fishing line: the midsummer moon. —Chiyo-ni, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch With the waning moon silence enters the heart. —Chiyo-ni, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Leaves like crows’ shadows flirt with a lonely moon. —Chiyo-ni, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch The moon a morning blur amid cherry blossoms —Chiyo-ni, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch How contentedly they snore in the boondocks: full moon —Chiyo-ni, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Returning from moon-viewing: we humans, voiceless. —Chiyo-ni, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch The harvest moon illuminates these snowdrifts I trample. —Chiyo-ni, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch CHIYO-NI BUTTERFLY POEMS The waterweed washes away unaware of the butterfly’s weight —Chiyo-ni, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Ah butterfly, what dreams do you ply with your beautiful wings? —Chiyo-ni, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch A butterfly settles on cherry blossoms: nap time! —Chiyo-ni, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch The butterfly tip-toes at ebb-tide ... —Chiyo-ni, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Along her path butterflies flit, front and back —Chiyo-ni, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Voiceless as a butterfly: the Buddhist service —Chiyo-ni, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Whirling its wings the butterfly creates its own wind ... —Chiyo-ni, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Now and then a dandelion intrudes on a butterfly’s dreams —Chiyo-ni, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Sometimes a butterfly emerges from the mist ... —Chiyo-ni, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Also a poet arranging words with its airy wings— the butterfly. —Chiyo-ni, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch To entangle or unentangle the willow is the wind’s will. —Chiyo-ni, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch