Twelfth Haiku

Under mistletoe

eyes meet and hands and lips touch

moment melts like snow

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Eleventh Haiku

Kite flying in the breeze

bright colour splashing skywards

freedom floats aloft

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Tenth Haiku

Ice crystals, hoar frost

sculptured shards, frozen beauty

lost with the sunrise

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Ninth Haiku

Air frosted vapour

inhaled biting, burning breath

gasping choking cold

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Japanese translation expressed as romaji

Ku-u-ki shi-mo Jyo-ki

i ki o su i ko mu

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Eighth Haiku

Heavy trackless snow

drifting deeper silently

bids footsteps follow

Japanese translation expressed as romaji

omoi kirei yuki

fukidamaru koi shizuka

yokyu ashioto

English adapted for translation into Japanese

heavy snow

drifting silent, deep

calls footsteps

Japanese translation expressed as romaji

omoi yuki

fukidamaru shizuka

yokyu ashioto

Japanese translation

Seventh Haiku

Haiku in English

Snowflake falls, floats, swirls

Crystalline cold lace flakes

drift down, feather soft

Japanese translation expressed as romaji

yuki no hitohira taoreru uku

suisho samui resu ippen

fukidamari shita ni umo yawarakai

English adapted for translation into Japanese

crystal cold

snowflakes

drifting feathers

Japanese translation expressed as romaji

suisho samui

yuki no hitohira

shita ni umo

Japanese translation

すいしょさむい / ゆきのひとひら / したにうも

Sixth Haiku

Red flash of robin breast

berries bright on deep leaf green

warmth bled amid white

English adapted for translation into Japanese

Robin flash of red

berries bright on deep leaf green

warmth amid snow white

Japanese translation expressed as romaji

kamadori akai

ichigo-rui akarui koi happa midoriiro

atataka-sa yuki no shiro

Japanese translation adapted for Haiku

Kamadori-o

ichigo-rui akarui

yuki no shiro

Japanese translation

かまどりお

いちろーるい あかるい

ゆきのしろ

Fifth Haiku

Haiku in English

Earth cocooned by snow

hiding dreaming life below

silently sleeping

Japanese translation expressed as romaji

tsuchi no yuki no kakebuton

himitsu

shizuka nemuru

English adapted for translation into Japanese

earth under the snow

quilt hiding its treasure deep

silently in sleep

Japanese translation expressed as romaji

tsuki no yuki

kakebuton himitsu

shizuka nemuru

Japanese translation

つきのゆき

かけぶとん ひみつ

しずか ねむる

Fourth Haiku

Haiku in English

Tree stark bare-branched black

cold snapped, sap drained, cracked

brittle, broken bark

Japanese translation expressed as romaji

ki koryo to shita eda kuroi

tsumetai pokin to oru, jueki haisui suru, hibiwareta

moroi, koraweta ki no kawa

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tree branch black

cold cracked

brittle bark

Japanese translation expressed as romaji

ki eda kuroi

tsumetai hibiwareta

moroi ki no kawa

Japanese translation

木 えだ くろい / つめたい ひびわれた / もろい きのかわ

Third Haiku

Haiku in English

Night sky bright with stars

velvet diamond studded dome

patterned perfection

Japanese translation expressed as romaji

yoru sora (bright with) hoshi

berubetto daiyamondo (studded) domu

moyoiri kanpeki

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night sky stars

velvet diamond dome

patterned perfection

Japanese translation expressed as romaji

yoru sora hoshi

berubetto daiyamondo domu

moyoiri kanpeki

Japanese translation

よる そら ほし

べるべっと だいよもんど どむ

もよいり かんぺき

夜 空 星

べるべっと だいよもんど どむ

もよいり 完璧

Second Haiku

Haiku in English

Icicle sparkles

frozen dripping water, stilled

needle of sunlight

Japanese translation expressed as romaji

tsurara kagayaku

kogoeta shitataru mizu, shizuka

taiyo no hikari no hari

English selected for translation into Japanese

icicle sparkles

needle of sunlight

still water

Japanese translation expressed as romaji

tsurara kagayaku

taiyo no hikari no hari

shizuka mizu

Japanese translation

氷柱 煌々ときらめく

葉 眩しい日差し

静 水

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Haiku in English

Wind gusts over snow

lifting settled drifts to dance

dying down to rest

English selected for translation into Japanese

gust of wind

snowdrift

to dance, to rest

English translated into Japanese expressed as romaji

ichijin no kaze

yuki no fukidamari

odoru yasumi

Japanese translation

いちぢん の かぜ

ゆき の ふきだまり

おどる やすみ