Summer evenings ...

 

 

 

Alenka's favourite haiku
Classic Haiku


BASHO

the shell of a cicada
it sang itself
utterly away

awakened at midnight
by the sound of the water jar
cracking from the ice

will you turn toward me
I am lonely too
this autumn evening

among the graffiti
the name of
beloved you



BUSON

I go out alone
to visit a man alone
in this autumn dusk



ISSA

the new year arrived
in utter simplicity
and a deep blue sky



SOIN

life
is like a butterfly
whatever it is

Copyright authors, 2001
French translation Serge Tomé