| (Selected Poems of Masaoka Shiki, Translated by Janine Beichman) | ||
八入折の酒にひたせばしをれたる藤なみの花よみがへり咲く
Yashiōri no
sake ni hitaseba
shioretaru
fuji nami no hana
yomigaeri saku
if soaked in
Yashiōri wine,
withered
wisteria flowers
will revive and bloom again
| (Selected Poems of Masaoka Shiki, Translated by Janine Beichman) | ||