WKD - Hand Hands

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WKD - Haiku about Hands

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The Haiku Foundation
Per Diem for October: Hands-On
Haiku about Hands

“We are a species heavily dependent on our eyes, especially for connection with others and world around us. But our hands also connect, and that connection often reaches the heart. Right now my beloved mother-in-law, who doesn’t see well, is dying, and when you approach her, she reaches out her thin hand to connect.
These haiku about hands touch emotion. ... "
source : www.thehaikufoundation.org


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. The Hands of Daruma .

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Some thoughts shared by Naotaka Uematsu (FB)

senju-kannon 千手観音 Kannon with one thousand arms / hands

But the reading for this one is 千手 "sen-te"
and here is juubako 重箱 tiered lacquer ware boxes
But 先手is sen-te.
and futate 二手（nite, futate, nishu).
Two hands are 「両手 morote, ryoote, and we don't say "nite".


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. Matsuo Basho 松尾芭蕉 - Archives of the WKD .


. te ni toraba kien namida zo atsuki aki no shimo .
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手を打てば木魂に明くる夏の月
te o uteba kodama ni akuru natsu no tsuki


clapping hands,
and dawnlight in the echo:
summer moon
Tr. Barnhill


I clap my hands
and with the echoes, the day begins to dawn –
the summer moon.
Tr. Ueda


Summer moon –
clapping hands,
I herald dawn.
Tr. Stryk


as I clap my hands
with the echoes,
it begins to dawn
Tr. ?Columbia University


I clap my hands
dawning in the echo
the summer moon
Tr. Joshua Newman


when I clap my hands
they echo with
the summer dawn's moon
Tr. Addiss



when I clap my hands
it seems brighter from the echo
this summer moon
Tr. Gabi Greve


手を打つと、その音が遠く響き渡り、彼方にかかる夏の半月の中に消えてゆくようである。その月の色を見やると、今しも夜は、しらじらと明けてくるところだ.
source :　t-hideki2



This is the moon on day 23 of the lunar month.
It is just before dawn and Basho claps his hands twice in prayer. It seems the moon is answering his prayer and it gets lighter.

二十三夜の月は、もう夜明け前。柏手打って月の出を讃美すれば、其の木魂が響き終える頃には朝が来てしまう。
source :　itoyo/basho



Before he wrote this haiku about clapping his hands,
Basho had another version:



Memorial Stone at Kusatsu Hot Spring, Shirane Shrine
草津温泉 白根神社
Lively Echo of Wooden Sandals in the Summer Night.
This stone had been erected in 1842, in memory of 150 ago, when Basho wrote this hokku.
source : kusatsu/kusatsuonsen
夏の夜や谺に明くる下駄の音 (different kanji for kodama)


夏の夜や木魂に明る下駄の音
natsu no yo ya kodama ni akuru geta no oto

summer evening —
dawnlight in the echoes
of the clogs
Tr. Barnhill


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It is customary to greet the sun deity every morning with two claps of the hand and a bow.

. 天照大神と大日如来 Amaterasu and Dainichi .


At a Shinto shrine it is custom to bow twice,
clap your hands twice and bow once more to greet the deity in residence.



. Kodama, the Tree Spirit .


. Geta, Wooden Sandals, Clogs, 下駄 .


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shiwade 皺手 wrinkled hand,
hand of an old person




梅折て皺手にかこつ薫りかな
ume orite shiwade ni kakotsu kaori kana

breaking a plum branch
I fret about my wrinkled hands
in the fragrance . . .
Tr. Gabi Greve

The cut marker KANA is at the end of line 3.

. Yosa Buson 与謝蕪村 in Edo .


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むれる蠅皺手に何の味がある
mureru hae shiwade ni nanno aji ga aru

swarming flies
how do my hand's wrinkles
taste?
Tr. David Lanoue

. Kobayashi Issa 小林一茶 in Edo .


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- some of my HAND haiku -


Albrecht Duerer, Praying Hands




smacking a child　-
the sound of one hand
clapping

a mosquito
aiming noisily -
the sound of one hand



As long as the sun rises
And your heart beats,
Tao is at hand.



bright autumn sky -
the shadow of a hawk
on my hands



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carless Sunday -
kids skate on the road holding
hands of each other

Isabelle Prondzynski



MORE
- HAND haiku - kigo hotline


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morning preps --
I sneeze on my hands
time after time

Dennis Wright



MORE
- HAND haiku - Kenya Saijiki


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dew on the grasses
cools my hands -
early morning gardening

Hideo Suzuki




Steering the tractor
With my knees ~ my hands warming
Over the exhaust pipe

Res John Burman




the nights are long ...
the warmth of helping hands
longer

Willie Bongky





the sun spots
on her hands --
autumn leaves

Stella Pierides



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rain all day -
my hands folded
in prayer

sunrise -
my old neighbour
folds his hands

Morgenrot -
mein greiser Nachbar
faltet die Hände

Gabi Greve






Gandhara Buddha -
his hand is watching
over us
Gabi Greve




Gandhara Buddha
Hanging around my neck
His wisdom in my heart

Res John Burman



MORE
- Shared at Joys of Japan - facebook -


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