Papillons 2 – Odilon Redon at Odilon Redon The Compete Works
this flower garden
alive with bright butterflies
dancing on the wind
summer evening
the butterfly alights
on a red flower
she dreams of a man
dreaming of butterflies
© G.s.k. ‘15
This episode of CDHK is rich with both poetry by Basho and butterflies!
ran no ka ya cho no tusubasa ni takimono su
orchid fragrance
from the butterfly’s wings
scenting the clothes
cho no ha no ikutabi koyuru hei no yane
wings of a butterfly
how many times do they flutter
over roof and wall
kimi ya cho ware ya Soji ga yume gokoro
you are butterfly?
I am Chuang-tzu’s
dreaming heart
cho mo ki te su wo suu kiku no namasu kana
a butterfly also comes
to sip the vinegar from mums (*)
and pickles
‘While I was staying in Awazu, a man who liked tea ceremony very much, invited me and served vinegar boiled chrysanthemum flowers picked from a nearby beach’. He wrote this one for his host, a physician.
okiyo okiyo waga tomo ni se n nuru ko cho
wake up wake up
I want you for a friend
sleeping butterfly
cho no tobu bakari nonaka no hikage kana
a butterfly flies
only in the field
of sunshine
monozuki ya niowa nu kasa ni tomaru cho
how curious
on grass without fragrance
perches a butterfly
© Basho
I’d like to thank Chèvrefeuille for all the work he put into this lovely post … it’s really so rich and fantastic (Link: On The Trail With Basho Encore #7 butterflies) here are Chèvrefeuille’s haiku to honour Basho and his Butterflies:
in the Buddleia
fluttering of fragile wings
waving on the wind
waving on the wind
butterflies resting in the sun
on the Buddleia
the cobweb scattered
by the fluttering of wings
a blue butterfly
on the veranda
a yellowish butterfly
the light of sun down
© Chèvrefeuille
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