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 | (Selected Poems of Masaoka Shiki, Translated by Janine Beichman) |  |
瓶にさす藤の花ぶさ花垂れて病の牀に春暮れんとす
kame ni sasu
fuji no hanabusa
hana tarete
yamai no toko ni
haru kuren to su
wisteria
in the vase
trails its plumes—
at my sickbed, spring is
drawing to its close
| (Selected Poems of Masaoka Shiki, Translated by Janine Beichman) | |