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Monday, 19 October 2009 07:02
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Suzumushi mo
kokoro mo kimi de
nakareta na

—18 October 2009

Unpoetic, probably unidiomatic, and no doubt ungrammatical, but yes, a haiku I wrote in Japanese. Assuming I knew what I was doing, a rough translation would be something like "Like the bell cricket / (my) heart too because of you / could chirp/sing/cry" -- "my" being unstated but I think would be understood. The intended meaning is chirp/sing, but without kanji, it could also be read as cry as in weep.

Corrections appreciated.

ETA verb fix.

---L.
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As language practice, I like to translate poetry. My current project is Chinese, with practice focused on Tang Dynasty poetry. Previously this was classical Japanese, most recently working through the Kokinshu anthology (archived here). Suggestions, corrections, and questions always welcome.

There's also original pomes in the journal archives.

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