Vergankelijkheid.

From Ochi Etsujin's
Monkey's Straw Raincoat. [Saru-Mino.]

# 1

Oh, how familiar the time
of the scattering of blossoms
on the rice paddy plot !!

O hoe vertrouwd
de rijstveldverwaaiing
met bloesems !!


[白狐]

ちるときの心やすさよ米嚢花（『猿蓑』）

chiru toki no
kokoro yasusa yo
kome-nou hana.

嚢 nou=fukuro = pouch/purse/bag/
also: a plot of land surrounded by water.
心安い · 心易い kokoroyasuï = intimate; carefree; familiar; friendly.

falling/scattering time's
heart/mind easiness oh!!
rice-paddy-plot flower/blossom
>> Oh, how familiar is the time of scattering on the rice paddy plot of blossoms

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From Ochi Etsujin's
Monkey's Straw Raincoat Sequel. [Zoku Saru-Mino]

# 2

My rice-planting wife
and her in this fleeting world
entangled family.

Mijn vrouw die rijst plant
en haar in de vergankelijkheid
verstrikte familie.


[白狐]

稲づまや浮世をめぐる鈴鹿山（『續猿蓑』）

ine zuma ya
ukiyo wo meguru
suzukáyama.

rice-plant my-wife and "floating"/fleeting-world (acc.) surrounding . . .
鈴鹿山 Suzukayama (a family name) "small-bell deer mountain"
を巡って = to concern (usu. of disputes)
my rice-planting wife and the Suzùkáyamà
that concern/come-around/surround this fleeting world.
續 zoku, shoku = continue; carry on; succeed (tsuzuku = be continued).

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Source: http://wkdhaikutopics.blogspot.nl/2010/11/ochi-etsujin.html

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