 | (Selected Poems of Masaoka Shiki, Translated by Janine Beichman) |  |
松の葉の葉さきを細み置く露のたまりもあへず白玉散るも
matsu no ha no
hasaki o hosomi
oku tsuyu no
tamari mo aezu
shiratama chiru mo
the tips of the pine
needles, so thin...
no sooner
does the dew collect
than white pearls scatter
| (Selected Poems of Masaoka Shiki, Translated by Janine Beichman) | |