野いちご wild strawberries

 

wild strawberries

red and ripe

on the edge of the lane

looking delicious

I stop for a while

photo and rough translation by aunt jam 

『コスモス』2015年8月号より

あぢさゐ hydrangea

 

 

rain has come back from the rainy season

the blue color of the hydrangea is

getting deeper

the person who left this world so young

appears in my mind

photo by sDrake

 roughly translated by aunt jam

歌集『六分の桜』p67より

単身赴任 working away from home

before the wedding of our daughter

my husband said

she was working away from home

how stubborn he was

seemed funny to me

photo by sDrake

 roughly translated by aunt jam

歌集『六分の桜』p48より

六分の桜 Under a cherry tree

 

 

under a cherry tree

two thirds in bloom

I stand with my husband

not talking much

we are all right today too

 

photo and rough translation by aunt jam

 歌集『六分の桜』p78より

慈しみ Motherly Love

 

 

As a mother

  I have nothing lofty

so I just loved

and nurtured

my children 

photo by sDrake

 roughly translated by aunt jam

歌集『六分の桜』p50より

花菖蒲 Iris Flower

 

at an open cafe

I ate Sakamanjyu*

with my husband

feeling a little bashful

I looked at iris

*sweet dumpling with Sake flavor

roughly translated by aunt jam 

photo by DD

  歌集『六分の桜』p78より