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 | (Selected Poems of Masaoka Shiki, Translated by Janine Beichman) |  |
病中對鏡
昔見し面影もあらずおとろへて鏡の人のほろほろと泣く
"Byōchū Taikyō"
mukashi mishi
omokage mo arazu
otoroete
kagami no hito no
horohoro to naku
"Invalid Facing Mirror"
The man
I used to meet in the mirror
is no more.
Now I see a wasted face.
It dribbles tears.
| (Selected Poems of Masaoka Shiki, Translated by Janine Beichman) | |