Philip's "Haiku-shu"

「Four Seasons in "Haiku"-poems」

□　自分の俳句だけ、英訳を試みてみました。
□　The following were english translations of "Haiku"-poems composed by Philip. I hope you would enjoy them.

・　朧月母を訪ねて帰る夜
On a misty moonlit night
I went home
After visiting my mother

・　うすき紅朝日に映えて梅の春
Thousands of petals
Shine in the Sun
Oh! the sweet scent of plum-blossom

・　花吹雪憂いもすべて飛び去りぬ
With flower brizards
Anxieties were gone
As petals joyfully dancing

・　新緑や古びし我が家輝きぬ
Surrounded by green leaves
My old residence
Shines with glory

・　友逝きて御国近づく冬の朝
The Heaven drew nearer
When my friend went home
On a winter morn

.　　　　　　　　　　　　　・ "Haiku"-poems written in Japanese cursive letters were found in my fathere's file cabinet.
.　　　　　　　　　　　　　It seemed that he wrote those while I were gone to India to study there to prepare to become a missionary.