 | (Selected Poems of Masaoka Shiki, Translated by Janine Beichman) |  |
一桶の水うちやめばほろほろと露のたま散る秋草の花
hitooke no
mizu uchiyameba
horohoro to
tsuyu no tama chiru
akikusa no hana
the bucket's water
poured out and gone,
drop by drop
dew drips like pearls
from the autumn flowers
| (Selected Poems of Masaoka Shiki, Translated by Janine Beichman) | |