 | (Selected Poems of Masaoka Shiki, Translated by Janine Beichman) |  |
いちはつの花咲きいでて我目には今年ばかりの春行かんとす
ichihatsu no
hana saki-idete
waga me ni wa
kotoshi bakari no
haru yukan to su
the wall iris
opens its buds:
before my eyes
the last spring
begins to fade
| (Selected Poems of Masaoka Shiki, Translated by Janine Beichman) | |