 | (Selected Poems of Masaoka Shiki, Translated by Janine Beichman) |  |
縁先に玉卷く芭蕉玉解けて五尺のみどり手水鉢を掩ふ
ensaki ni
tama maku bashō
tama tokete
goshaku no midori
chōzubachi o ōu
the plaintain at the veranda's edge
unfolds its coiled leaves,
its jewels,
and veils the water basin
in five feet of green
| (Selected Poems of Masaoka Shiki, Translated by Janine Beichman) | |