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 | (Selected Poems of Masaoka Shiki, Translated by Janine Beichman) |  |
くれなゐの牡丹の花にさきだちて藤の紫咲きいでにけり
kurenai no
botan no hana ni
sakidachite
fuji no murasaki
saki-ide ni keri
showing the way
to the crimson peonies,
the purple of
the wisteria
has come into bloom
| (Selected Poems of Masaoka Shiki, Translated by Janine Beichman) | |