 | (Selected Poems of Masaoka Shiki, Translated by Janine Beichman) |  |
絲瓜咲て痰のつまりし佛かな
hechima saite
tan no tsumarishi
hotoke kana
the gourd flowers bloom,
but look—here lies
a phlegm-stuffed Buddha!
| (Selected Poems of Masaoka Shiki, Translated by Janine Beichman) | |