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 | (Selected Poems of Masaoka Shiki, Translated by Janine Beichman) |  |
藤なみの花をし見れば奈良のみかど京のみかどの昔こひしも
fuji nami no
hana o shi mireba
Nara no mikado
Kyō no mikado no
mukashi koishi mo
I see the wisteria
that moves like waves
and longings rise
for Nara and Kyoto,
the ancient courtly days
| (Selected Poems of Masaoka Shiki, Translated by Janine Beichman) | |