Haiku - Japanese Tattoo Designs

Basho - How admirable, to see lightning, and not think life is fleeting

inazuma ni satoranu hito no tattosa yo 		Issa - A world of grief and pain, Flowers bloom, Even then

ku no shaba ya sakura ga sakeba saita tote

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Basho - As the temple bell fades, The ringing lingers in the blossom scent, Evening (kane kiete hana no ka wa tsuku yuube kana)

Basho - How admirable, to see lightning, and not think life is fleeting (inazuma ni satoranu hito no tattosa yo)

Basho - In the plum blossom scent, the sun pops out, a mountain path (ume ga ka ni notto hi no deru yamaji kana)

Basho - Not spilling the glistening dew, the bush clover, undulating (shiratsuyu wo kobusanu hagi no uneri kana)

Basho - On the back of the mirror, A spring unseen, A flowering plum-tree (hito mo minu haru ya kagami no ura no ume)

Basho - Shake even the grave, My wailing is the autumn wind (tsuka mo ugoke waga naku koe wa aki no kaze)

Basho - Taken ill on my travels, My dreams roam over the withered moors (tabi ni yande yume wa kareno wo kake meguru)

Basho - The old pond, a frog jumps in, the sound of water (furu ike ya kawazu tobikomu mizu no oto)

Buson - A flash of lightning, The sound of raindrops, Falling among the bamboo (inazuma ni koboruru ota ya take no tsuyu)

Buson - An evening orchid, Hidden in its scent, The flower's whiteness (yoru no ran ka ni kakurete ya hana shiroshi)

Buson - From far and near, Hearing the sounds of waterfalls, Young leaves (ochikochi ni taki no oto kiku wakaba kana)

Buson - In loneliness, there is joy too, An autumn eve (sabishisa no ureshiku mo ari aki no kure)

Buson - In the moonlight, the color and scent of the wisteria, seems so far away (tsuki ni tooku oboyuru fuji no iroka kana)

Buson - In the spring rain, The pond and the river, Have become one (ike to kawa hitotsu ni narinu haru no ame)

Buson - Plum blossoms everywhere, I should go south, I should go north (ume ochikochi minami subeku kita subeku)

Buson - The long slow days of spring, piling up, so far away the past (osoki hi no tsumorite tooki mukashi kana)

Buson - The spring sea, all day ebb and flow, ebb and flow (haru no umi hinemosu notari notari kana)

Buson - To white plum blossoms, Each night just dawning, Evermore (shiraume ni akuru yo bakari to nari ni keri)

Chiyojo - My little dragonfly hunter, I wonder where he is, off to today (tombo tsuri kyou wa doko made itta yara)

Chiyojo - To the person breaking off the branch, giving its fragrance, the plum blossom (taoraruru hito ni kaoru ya ume no hana)

Haiku (haiku)

Issa - A world of grief and pain, Flowers bloom, Even then (ku no shaba ya sakura ga sakeba saita tote)

Issa - In this world of ours, We walk above hell, Gazing at flowers (yo no naka wa jigoku no ue no hanami kana)

Issa - Snail, ever so slowly climb, Mt Fuji (katatsuburi sorosoro nobore fuji no yama)

Issa - The bitter part, eaten by the mother, mountain persimmon (shibui toko haha ga kui keri yama no kaki)

Issa - This dewdrop world, is a dewdrop world, and yet (tsuyu no yo wa tsuyu no yo nagara sari nagara)

Issa - Were my father here, At dawn we would gaze, Over the green fields (chichi arite akebono mitashi aotabara)

Ryota - They spoke no words, The visitor the host, And the white chrysanthemum (mono iwazu kyaku to teishu to shiragiku to)

Ryoukan - The thief, left behind, the moon in my window (nusubito ni torinokosareshi mado no tsuki)

Shiki - A pear tree is blooming, By a collapsed house, on an old battlefield (nashi saku ya ikusa no ato no kuzure ie)

Shiki - Lifting up the hatchet, To cut it down, It was budding (nata agete kiran to sureba konome kana)

Shiki - Three thousand, Haiku to examine, Two persimmons (sanzen no haiku wo kemishi kaki futatsu)

Shiko - How enviable, Turning beautiful then falling, maple leaves (urayamashi utsukushuu natte chiru momiji)

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Basho - As the temple bell fades, The ringing lingers in the blossom scent, Evening (kane kiete hana no ka wa tsuku yuube kana)
Basho - How admirable, to see lightning, and not think life is fleeting (inazuma ni satoranu hito no tattosa yo)
Basho - In the plum blossom scent, the sun pops out, a mountain path (ume ga ka ni notto hi no deru yamaji kana)
Basho - Not spilling the glistening dew, the bush clover, undulating (shiratsuyu wo kobusanu hagi no uneri kana)
Basho - On the back of the mirror, A spring unseen, A flowering plum-tree (hito mo minu haru ya kagami no ura no ume)
Basho - Shake even the grave, My wailing is the autumn wind (tsuka mo ugoke waga naku koe wa aki no kaze)
Basho - Taken ill on my travels, My dreams roam over the withered moors (tabi ni yande yume wa kareno wo kake meguru)
Basho - The old pond, a frog jumps in, the sound of water (furu ike ya kawazu tobikomu mizu no oto)
Buson - A flash of lightning, The sound of raindrops, Falling among the bamboo (inazuma ni koboruru ota ya take no tsuyu)
Buson - An evening orchid, Hidden in its scent, The flower's whiteness (yoru no ran ka ni kakurete ya hana shiroshi)
Buson - From far and near, Hearing the sounds of waterfalls, Young leaves (ochikochi ni taki no oto kiku wakaba kana)
Buson - In loneliness, there is joy too, An autumn eve (sabishisa no ureshiku mo ari aki no kure)
Buson - In the moonlight, the color and scent of the wisteria, seems so far away (tsuki ni tooku oboyuru fuji no iroka kana)
Buson - In the spring rain, The pond and the river, Have become one (ike to kawa hitotsu ni narinu haru no ame)
Buson - Plum blossoms everywhere, I should go south, I should go north (ume ochikochi minami subeku kita subeku)
Buson - The long slow days of spring, piling up, so far away the past (osoki hi no tsumorite tooki mukashi kana)
Buson - The spring sea, all day ebb and flow, ebb and flow (haru no umi hinemosu notari notari kana)
Buson - To white plum blossoms, Each night just dawning, Evermore (shiraume ni akuru yo bakari to nari ni keri)
Chiyojo - My little dragonfly hunter, I wonder where he is, off to today (tombo tsuri kyou wa doko made itta yara)
Chiyojo - To the person breaking off the branch, giving its fragrance, the plum blossom (taoraruru hito ni kaoru ya ume no hana)
Haiku (haiku)
Issa - A world of grief and pain, Flowers bloom, Even then (ku no shaba ya sakura ga sakeba saita tote)
Issa - In this world of ours, We walk above hell, Gazing at flowers (yo no naka wa jigoku no ue no hanami kana)
Issa - Snail, ever so slowly climb, Mt Fuji (katatsuburi sorosoro nobore fuji no yama)
Issa - The bitter part, eaten by the mother, mountain persimmon (shibui toko haha ga kui keri yama no kaki)
Issa - This dewdrop world, is a dewdrop world, and yet (tsuyu no yo wa tsuyu no yo nagara sari nagara)
Issa - Were my father here, At dawn we would gaze, Over the green fields (chichi arite akebono mitashi aotabara)
Ryota - They spoke no words, The visitor the host, And the white chrysanthemum (mono iwazu kyaku to teishu to shiragiku to)
Ryoukan - The thief, left behind, the moon in my window (nusubito ni torinokosareshi mado no tsuki)
Shiki - A pear tree is blooming, By a collapsed house, on an old battlefield (nashi saku ya ikusa no ato no kuzure ie)
Shiki - Lifting up the hatchet, To cut it down, It was budding (nata agete kiran to sureba konome kana)
Shiki - Three thousand, Haiku to examine, Two persimmons (sanzen no haiku wo kemishi kaki futatsu)
Shiko - How enviable, Turning beautiful then falling, maple leaves (urayamashi utsukushuu natte chiru momiji)
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