 | (Selected Poems of Masaoka Shiki, Translated by Janine Beichman) |  |
まくらべに友なき時は鉢植の梅に向ひてひとり伏し居り
makurabe ni
tomonaki toki wa
hachiue no
ume ni mukaite
hitori fushi ori
when to my pillow
no friend comes
I lie alone,
turned to face
the potted plum
| (Selected Poems of Masaoka Shiki, Translated by Janine Beichman) | |