昨夜、就寝後に半分眠り半分醒めている状態で、不意に句が浮かんできた。手探りで灯りを点け、枕元のメモ用紙に走り書きしておいた。今朝それを見ると、まあ、どうにか俳句になっていると思った。次の三句である。
吾がいのち獣人の地球
（ほし）月冴ゆる 青穹（山田維史）
生まれ来て呆れてばかりよ初観音*
魂離
（たまか）れば夢は波間に凍てしかな
【*註】一月十八日は〈初観音〉。観世音菩薩の初縁日である。この苦界国土に大慈大悲を以て身を投じた佛に、世人は祈りをささげて解脱を願う。観音信仰の古くからの年中行事。
Last night, when I was half asleep and half awake
after going to bed, a haiku suddenly came to my mind.
I groped on the light and scribbled it on a notepad at
bedside. When I saw it this morning, I thought it was
well enough in its way as a haiku. The following three
haikus.
Waga inochi jyū-jin no hoshi tsuki sayuru
My life
on the Beastmen's Earth
The moon is clear
Umaré-kité akirété bakari yo Hatsu-kannon*
I was born this world
I'm dumfounded at confusion of people's mind
Today the first fes of Kannon
Tama karéba yumé wa namima ni itéshi kana
When my soul is separated
the dream will only freeze
in the waves
By Tadami Yamada
【*Note】Hatsu-kannon : Kannon is also the Kanzeon
Bodhisattva, the God/Goddess of Marcy.
January 18th is ”Hatsu-kannon". It is the first fes
of the Kanzeon Bodhisattva. This Buddha who has
thrown him/herself into this difficult land pray for
the world with great mercy. It is an annual event
of the Kannon faith, Buddhists, from an ancient.
