4/12/2005

Birds, our Birds

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Birds in our Paradise



hatsu-tsubame ... ... 初燕
yane no kazari ni ... ... 屋根の飾りに
nari ni keri ... ... なりにけり

.. .. .. first swallows -
.. .. .. they left decorations
.. .. .. on the roof

erste Schwalben -
sie hinterlassen Dekorationen
auf dem Dach




roof02

first swallows -
my roof turned canvas
for modern art



I did very similar "decorations" with ink dripping down from the pot held above the door many many many years ago. This spring the birds remind me of natural droppings and drippings. Thank you, swallows!

April 12, 2005

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April 20, 2005

Today we have the sad happy ending to this story.
A strong rain over night has taken care of the art and left only the roof.

You might want to enjoy a haiga about swallows by Origa in the Kigo Database:
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2006/07/swallow-tsubame.html

Thank you all for your comments and smiles !

Gabi


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barn swallow, tsubame 燕, 乙鳥, 玄鳥, 天女
. WKD : Swallow (tsubame) .


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7 comments:

Gabi Greve said...

Hahaha, Gabi san -- I like your humor! :-))))))) Such a great
painters the birds are, just splendind pictures!!! :-))))))

Thanks for the laugh, and I want to share these two swallows with you

(same haiku, with translation by Sakuo san):

first journey --
on a dry lotus pod
young swallow

hatsu tabi ya
kare suiren ni
waka tubame

Enjoy your lovely swallows ! :-)

Olga.

Thank you, Origa san !

Olga send two lovely haiga, but you have to be a member of WHCmultimedia to see those.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WHChaikumultimedia/

Thank you again!

gabi

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the laugh, Gabi san!

:~)

L.

Anonymous said...

definatly modern art....

"art is love is God"
wally berman

S.

Anonymous said...

this made me smile:-)

p

Anonymous said...

I love this!
Well done!

J.D.

Anonymous said...

Great Thanks Gabi san for your wonderful site. It is a new garden i have discovered.

Anonymous said...

sunlight designs
on ageing roof tiles
in sparrows' songs