秋の月 autumn moon

pounding rice to make mochi*

that rabbit on the moon**

is said no to exist

the night of Heisei***

is purified by the autumn moon

*rice cake made of mochi-rice

**Old Japanese believed that a rabbit who pounded mochi 

lived on the moon by looking at the shades of lunar craters.

***the current era in Japan, started from 1989

photo by aunt jam

 roughly translated by aunt jam

歌集『六分の桜』p128より

短歌の七・七 seven and seven syllables of Tanka

 

for our afternoon walk

my daughter-in-law came in

but I said to her

"seven and seven syllables of Tanka

need to be finished first"

photo and rough translation by aunt jam

『コスモス』2015年　掲載