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 | (Selected Poems of Masaoka Shiki, Translated by Janine Beichman) |  |
藤なみの花のむらさき繪にかかばこき紫にかくべかりけり
fuji nami no
hana no murasaki
e ni kakeba
koki murasaki ni
kakubekarikeri
the purple of the wisteria
that moves like waves,
if made into a painting,
would have to be
a deep, deep purple
| (Selected Poems of Masaoka Shiki, Translated by Janine Beichman) | |