Named after my student-inspired mantra, Open Mind, Hollow Rat strives to provide fun, inspiring haiku in Japanese with English translations (that will also be haiku!). I'm still learning Japanese, so everything may not be exact. All posts are original and property of this blog's creator.
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Tree’s Bark
じゅひよう けねんをおとす せいちょう
as a tree’s bark falls so past fears are laid to rest to allow new growth
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Reign
はつがさく ふゆのとうちが おわらせる
with the first fresh blooms the reign of a harsh winter comes to a warm end
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Frost
こうそうだ つめたいさわり しぼうはな
a beginning frost chilling touch falls to the ground a flower’s last breath
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Petals
なみだよう ソフトはなびら しーんふる
numerous and gentle soft petals fall silently like tears from nature
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On Wings
ひろいはね つばさでにげる ついきゅう
with widened feathers wings take flight and through the sky solace is pursued
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Clouds Above
くもらせる でいりでへんさ そらをすむ
cloudy skies darken drifting lazily above cloudless skies brighten
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Roots
ねのもつれ ちとめいろする かたいもと
roots extend below tangling with the earth and soil entwined with the ground
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Gem
つちにほし ほうせきがさす めざましい
like stars in the earth gemstones sparkle brilliantly bright rocks of the soil
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Draped
ないなえば からだでさげる あがったり
dead branches hanging draped on their living bodies doomed and decaying
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Horse
はらにうま じざいはしれる じゆうのみ
horses in a field able to run, be content be truly free souls
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Nesting
すによんわ あしたのうたう おやくそく
in a nest,four birds singing of a bright day coming tomorrow’s promise
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Near
じこかいぎ かげようがいる つけまわる
self-doubt pervades minds sticking around like shadows following, stagnant
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Flashing
こうしょう きぼうをつかむ ほたるがり
glimmering away capture fleeting hope in hands firefly catching
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Tidal
ふてってい しおどきがくる さんじない
inconsistently chances, like tides, ebb and flow don’t squander good luck
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Stolen Time
じをぬすむ だましのこころ せいをすつ
thieving of your time a dishonest heart consumes a pure heart is lost
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Shipwreck
うみのした ひとをかきけす ゆうきょう
under violent seas in solitude from others a search for solace
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