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 | (Selected Poems of Masaoka Shiki, Translated by Janine Beichman) |  |
痰一斗絲瓜の水も間に合はず
tan itto
hechima no mizu mo
ma ni awazu
a quart of phlegm—
even gourd water
couldn't mop it up
| (Selected Poems of Masaoka Shiki, Translated by Janine Beichman) | |