Taking a break!

English translation:

Warming of water in Spring
Gaze toward golden carp
Picture of rings on the water

Ebb tide big beach and
Piping plovers pecking sand
Water laps our feet

日本語の直訳

潮間広いビーチや
ふえこちどりが砂を突く
海水はひたひたとし吹く

English translation:

Field of bamboo grass and
Acacia by the beach
Butterfly flits

North shore lava and
Mountain jungle guava scent
Waterfall gushes

日本語の直訳

北岸沿いの溶岩や
山のジャングルにグアバの香り
滝が湧く

English translation:

Musashi (Miyamoto) and
Climbing Iwato Mountain
Secret formula (of martial arts)

Sunny ocean beach
Black backed dolphins belly flops
Sea spray on our cheeks

日本語の直訳

海辺の日当たり
黒いイルカどたりと飛び込む
頬っぺに烟波をし吹く

English translation:

Early Spring and
Sudden gust blows
Whirl of busyness

Spark jumps on dry grass
Western wind slowly rises
Raging fire consumes

日本語の直訳

火花は乾いた草に飛び込む
洋風どんどん吹き上げる
大きいな火が燃える

English translation:

Formal folding fan (made of hinoki cypress) and
Graceful hand
Beauty in perfection

bench by the lake and
blackberry flowers blossom
soft Pacific breeze

日本語の直訳

湖水のそばに腰掛けや
黒苺の花が咲く
太平洋のそよ風

English translation:

Hill back from the seashore
Spring flowers in full bloom
Basking in the sun

robin red breast and
unoccupied polo field
late march clover blooms

日本語の直訳

こまどりや
ポロの運動場は明き
春寒の萩咲く

English translation:

Starry night and
Fragrance of chestnut blossom
Black & white obi

Clear river spring and
Water trickles over stones
Into a deep pool

日本語の直訳

清水や
水はぽたぽたと
深い淀に落ちる

English translation:

Early morning and
Refreshing swim
Sunny reflections

Two people talking
And in many sentences
Was one word that struck

日本語の直訳

二人は
何文も話したのに
一つの言葉だけが当った

English translation:

old tea house and
long spell of rain in early spring
flowers of Edo

Rolling green hills and
Walking up the temple path
Golden Buddha smiles

日本語の直訳

青い野山
神社の歩き道
金仏笑う

English translation:

Crossing a mountain and
Long journey
Temple fountain