 | (Selected Poems of Masaoka Shiki, Translated by Janine Beichman) |  |
くれなゐの二尺伸びたる薔薇の芽の針やはらかに春雨のふる
kurenai no
nishaku nobitaru
bara no me no
hari yawaraka ni
harusame no furu
two feet tall,
the crimson-budded roses,
their young thorns
tender in
the soft spring rain
| (Selected Poems of Masaoka Shiki, Translated by Janine Beichman) | |