昔の話ばかりして

 俳句六句

    昔の話ばかりして  "Those are the days."
                十河 智

 薄衣を羽織り集ひぬ老い来たる
     
  An assembly of the old was there ,
  ladies dressed in sheer were there. 
   
 スピーチに英語を交え夏料理
     
  A speech in Japanese & English.
  I got you,as I did in the old days.
  We enjoyed summery dishes.

 夏座敷病得しことなど語り
     
  Some told they had been suffering from illness
  in the post-party party I joined
  at a small Japanese summer-style room
     
 夏の宿昔の話ばかりして
     
  On the summer night of June
  gathering in a hotel,
  awaking old memories,
  we said nothing but "Those are the days."

 早苗田やまた新しきことをやる
     
  Nursery of sprouts of rice,
  Some starts learning again, and
  the other begins new business.

 待たせても私の一歩蝸牛
     
  Even though you are waiting,
  I shall make a slow movement,
  as slow as a snail.