Photo by Lamsus Crusoe, CC BY-NC 2.0
long ride on the bus
world outside like a film
don't stop, bus
バスで ゆく
けしきは 映画
とめないで!
till sunrise
two yellow traffic lights
through the curtains of rain
雨を はさんで 黄しんごう
夜が あけるまで
見つめあう
spring morning -
your little watch
left on the edge of the sink
春の朝
ながしで はずした
きみの時計
the plane is taking off -
I'm thinking about lemons
飛行機で
レモンを想う
離陸中
first snowflakes!
I love them too much to think
they'll melt by noon
初めての 雪ひらひら!
ああ、いいなあ、ってなごり惜しむ
だって昼には溶けちゃうから
sudden snow
during warm March: today
I won't speak English
暖かかった3月に
突然の雪。今日
英語はしゃべりたくない
watching deadly news
I drink hot milk, impressed by
my sore throat
ひどいニュースを見てて
のどにグッと
熱いミルクをやきつける
24th birthday:
sitting on the swing,
swinging with the wind
24才の誕生日
ブランコに すわって
風に ゆられてる
Statue of Liberty
offers an ice cream
to a helicopter
自由の女神
アイスクリームをさしだす
ヘリコプターに向かって
with the receiver near
my ear: between long beeps -
a treefrog
受話器にあてた ぼくの耳
呼びだし音の あい間に
雨ガエルの声
a pocket phone book
in the snow by the phone booth
lost or thrown?
小さな電話帳
電話ボックスのそばの 雪の中
落とした、それとも捨てた?
From Moyayama; Russian Haiku: a diary (1996) by Alexey V. Andreyev
Alexey V. Andreyev
Alexey was a Russian student studying abroad in the USA. Once there, he discovered that poetry can be written in English as well, and after a year of studiously watching commercials and soap operas he resolved that his English was up to the task. This is his first serious attempt.