Fukuda Chiyo-ni haiku translations 2

Fukuda Chiyo-ni Haiku Fukuda Chiyo-ni (1703-1775) was a celebrated Japanese poet and painter of the Edo period, also known as Kaga no Chiyo. CHIYO-NI POEMS ABOUT WOMEN AND DESIRE How alarming: her scarlet fingernails tending the white chrysanthemums! —Chiyo-ni, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Moonflowers blossoming: a woman’s nakedness —Chiyo-ni, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch A woman’s desire: wild violets’ entangled roots —Chiyo-ni, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch A woman’s passion flowers from the roots: wild violets. —Chiyo-ni (1705-1775), loose translation by Michael R. Burch My painted lips purified: crystalline springwater —Chiyo-ni, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Her day off: the prostitute wakes to a frigid morning. —Chiyo-ni, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Isn’t it good to wake up alone, unencumbered? —Chiyo-ni, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch She wakes up alone, unencumbered. —Chiyo-ni, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Her body-debt paid she wakes alone: a frigid night. —Chiyo-ni, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch CHIYO-NI FAMILY POEMS Upon her engagement to the servant of a samurai: Will it be bitter, the first time I bite an unripe persimmon? —Chiyo-ni, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch This poem was apparently written for her only son, who died: My little dragonfly hunter: how far away has he wandered I wonder? —Chiyo-ni, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Her husband died when she was 27 years old: Rising, I see, and reclining I see the web of the mosquito netting ... —Chiyo-ni, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch My elderly parents become my children: strident cicadas —Chiyo-ni, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Keywords/Tags: Fukuda Chiyo-ni, Japan, Japanese, haiku, English translation, woman, women, desire, passion, violets, flower, nun, temple, loss, loneliness, moon, butterfly, morning glories, wife, husband, son, mother son, family, parents