A Haiku collection
Author: Miyoshi Akachi
Original post:
Author’s Note: Thank you Siasia for the Japanese side of this little project.
Entry for YC124 New Eden Capsuleer’s Writing Contest in the Poetry category.
A collection of Haikus follows.
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雪の音の
聞こえるほどの
静寂よ
Pronunciation:
Yu Ki No Ne No
Ki Ko E Ru Ho Do No
Se I Jya Ku Yo
Translation:
So quiet i can almost hear the snow.
Meaning:
New snow falls and lands on top of the snow that has already fallen. I admire the stillness of the place so much that I can almost hear the sound of that snow landing, feeling solemn and a little overwhelmed.
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人知れず
朽ちゆくステーション
ここに在り
Pronunciation:
Hi To Shi Re Zu
Ku Chi Yu Ku station
Ko Ko Ni A Ri
Translation:
A station that quietly decays, unknown to anyone, certainly exists here.
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ゲート入り
波状の閃光
命を加速
Pronunciation:
Gate I Ri
Ha Jyo U No Se N Ko U
I No Chi Wo Ka So Ku
Translation:
Gated
Wavy flashes
Accelerate life
Meaning:
A gate is sitting quietly in space until an activation make it alight; a ship appears and accelerates away from it, leaving the gate once again quiet and otherwise alone.
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粗い石
レーザー発泡
船倉へ
Pronunciation:
A Ra I I Shi
laser Ha Ppo U
Se N So U E
Translation:
Rough rocks
A laser fizzling
Go to the hold
Meaning:
Rough asteroids floats in an asteroid belt; the lasers of a mining ship carve into them and the ore goes filling the ship’s hold.
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渦を巻く
波紋に入り
新世界
Pronunciation:
U Zu Wo Ma Ku
Ha Mo N Ni Ha I Ri
Shi N Se Ka I
Translation:
Entering the swirling ripples is a new world.
Meaning:
A wormhole sits in known space: it’s ripples twist the nebula behind it. Entering a wormhole leads into the unknown.
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静かにね
ハッキング進行
コンテナ開く
Pronunciation:
Shi Zu Ka Ni Ne
Hacking Shi N Ko U
Container Hi Ra Ku
Translation:
Silence
hacking in progress
A container opens
Meaning:
In the silence of wormhole space, there is a ship is hacking a container. The hacking is successful and the container is opened.