Spring haze, moon, plum haiku
Basho
春もやや
気色ととのふ
月と梅
haru moya ya
keshiki totonou
tsuki to ume
Barely Spring,
a colorful complexion of
the moon and a plum blossom
https://matsuobashohaiku.home.blog/category/moon/
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The spring scene
is well prepared:
the moon and plum-blossoms.
— R.H.Blyth
Spring too, very soon!
They are setting the scene for it –
plum tree and moon.
— Harold G. Henderson
Spring
gradually takes shape–
moon and plum blossoms
— Haruo Shirane
Spring is, at long last,
Here, it feels, in the
Moon and plum blossom.
— Thomas McAuley
Spring haze –
The landscape’s perfect
The moon and apricot blossoms.
— Takafumi Saito & William R. Nelson
This spring scenery
has been properly prepared:
moon and plum blossoms
— Sam Hamill
slowly now the spring
is beginning to appear:
moon and plum blossoms
— Tim Chilcott
slowly spring
is taking shape:
moon and plum
— David Landis Barnhill
slowly spring
is making an appearance
moon and plum
— Jane Reichhold
Link: Basho’s haiku in Romanji and English
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sương khói mùa xuân,
khí sắc hiện ra,
trăng và mai
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春 – spring – xuân
靄 (もや moya) – haze – (Hán-Việt ái) khí mây, mây khói, sương mù
気 – air- (phồn thể 氣) – khí
色 – color, appearance – sắc
月 – moon – nguyệt
梅 – plum – mai
整う, 調う, ととのう totonou – to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be arranged – (Hán-Việt 整 chỉnh, 調 điều)
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Picture: Japanese lacquer tea caddy (natsume) named Baigetsu (Plum and Moon)
https://www.rikyucha.com/item/list2/277681
Hình minh họa: hộp trà sơn mài Nhật Bản tên Mai Nguyệt.
Suiseki 