 | (Selected Poems of Masaoka Shiki, Translated by Janine Beichman) |  |
瓶にさす藤の花房みじかければたたみの上にとどかざりけり
kame ni sasu
fuji no hanabusa
mijikakereba
tatami no ue ni
todokazarikeri
wisteria
in the vase
so short
it doesn't touch
the floor
| (Selected Poems of Masaoka Shiki, Translated by Janine Beichman) | |